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[The role of human 6-sulfo LacNAc dendritic cells (slanDCs) in autoimmunity and tumor diseases].
Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG - 1 Oct 2014
Döbel Thomas, Schäkel Knut
Abstract excerpt
Dendritic cells play a central role in the regulation of immunological reactivity. The existence of functionally specialized populations of skin dendritic cells is a consequence of qualitatively different attacks on our organism. slanDCs are human inflammatory dendritic cells that are characterized by the specific expression of the carbohydrate 6-sulfo LacNAc (slan). After phenotypic maturation slanDCs are...
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