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Reduced IFN-alpha secretion by blood dendritic cells in human diabetes.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Oct 2006
Summers Kelly L, Marleau Annette M, Mahon Jeffrey L, McManus Ruth, Hramiak Irene, Singh Bhagirath
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Characterization of dendritic cells (DC) in human diabetes has been restricted to monocyte-derived DC in type 1 diabetes, whose physiological relevance to endogenous DC is uncertain. Here, we provide the first report characterizing the phenotype and function of endogenous DC subsets in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We show that DC subsets in each diabetic group exhibit normal properties concerning frequency and...
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