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Cancer-associated epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM; CD326) enables epidermal Langerhans cell motility and migration in vivo.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Apr 2012
Gaiser Maria R, Lämmermann Tim, Feng Xu, Igyarto Botond Z, Kaplan Daniel H, Tessarollo Lino, Germain Ronald N, Udey Mark C
Abstract excerpt
After activation, Langerhans cells (LC), a distinct subpopulation of epidermis-resident dendritic cells, migrate from skin to lymph nodes where they regulate the magnitude and quality of immune responses initiated by epicutaneously applied antigens. Modulation of LC-keratinocyte adhesion is likely to be central to regulation of LC migration. LC express high levels of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM;...
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