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Development of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in bone marrow stromal cell niches requires CXCL12-CXCR4 chemokine signaling.
Blood - 15 Dec 2007
Kohara Hiroshi, Omatsu Yoshiki, Sugiyama Tatsuki, Noda Mamiko, Fujii Nobutaka, Nagasawa Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), also known as type I interferon (IFN)-producingcells, are thought to play central roles in antiviral immunity and the pathogenesis of some autoimmune diseases. pDCs are produced from hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. However, the environmental regulation of the development of pDCs is not fully understood. Here, we show that the numbers of pDCs and their earliest...
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