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Myeloid dendritic cells: Development, functions, and role in atherosclerotic inflammation.
Immunobiology - 1 Jun 2015
Chistiakov Dimitry A, Sobenin Igor A, Orekhov Alexander N, Bobryshev Yuri V
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Myeloid dendritic cells (mDCs) comprise a heterogeneous population of professional antigen-presenting cells, which are responsible for capture, processing, and presentation of antigens on their surface to T cells. mDCs serve as a bridge linking adaptive and innate immune responses. To date, the development of DC lineage in bone marrow is better characterized in mice than in humans. DCs and macrophages share the...
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