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Intestinal lamina propria dendritic cell subsets have different origin and functions.
Immunity - 18 Sept 2009
Varol Chen, Vallon-Eberhard Alexandra, Elinav Eran, Aychek Tegest, Shapira Yami, Luche Hervé, Fehling Hans Jörg, Hardt Wolf-Dietrich, Shakhar Guy, Jung Steffen
Abstract excerpt
The intestinal immune system discriminates between tolerance toward the commensal microflora and robust responses to pathogens. Maintenance of this critical balance is attributed to mucosal dendritic cells (DCs) residing in organized lymphoid tissue and dispersed in the subepithelial lamina propr...
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