Article
Bovine mammary dendritic cells: a heterogeneous population, distinct from macrophages and similar in phenotype to afferent lymph veiled cells.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Maxymiv Nicolas G, Bharathan Mini, Mullarky Isis K
Abstract excerpt
Dendritic cells (DC) are a heterogeneous population of professional antigen presenting cells and are potent stimulators of naïve T-cells. However, there is little previous research describing DC in bovine mammary tissue, primarily because of the difficulty distinguishing these cells from macrophages, which possess a similar phenotype. Using immunohistofluorescence and a combination of markers (MHC-II, CD205,...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
