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Sepsis Inflammation Impairs the Generation of Functional Dendritic Cells by Targeting Their Progenitors.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Lu Jie, Sun Kun, Yang Huiping, Fan Dan, Huang He, Hong Yi, Wu Shuiyan, Zhou HuiTing, Fang Fang, Li YanHong, Meng Lijun, Huang Jie, Bai Zhenjiang
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Background: Sepsis is a complex systemic immune dysfunction syndrome induced by infection. Sepsis has a high mortality rate, with most patients dying due to systemic organ failure or secondary infection. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells. Upon infection with microbes, DCs are activated to induce adaptive immune responses for controlling infection. DC generation and function are...
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