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Salivary gland resident APCs are Flt3L- and CCR2-independent macrophage-like cells incapable of cross-presentation.
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2014
Thom Jenny T, Walton Senta M, Torti Nicole, Oxenius Annette
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) disseminate within the human population via mucosal excretions, for example, from the salivary glands (SGs), which represent a privileged site of viral immune evasion and persistence. The murine CMV (MCMV) model has served to identify factors that maintain a unique virus-host relationship in this organ. In contrast to all other organs, the SG is resistant to CD8(+) T-cell mediated control...
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