Bacterial lipopolysaccharide contamination of commercial collagen preparations may mediate dendritic cell maturation in culture.

doi:10.1016/s0022-1759(98)00048-9

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Bacterial lipopolysaccharide contamination of commercial collagen preparations may mediate dendritic cell maturation in culture.

Journal of immunological methods - 1 May 1998

Suri R M, Austyn J M

Abstract excerpt

Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen presenting cells, which are responsible for the initiation of naive T and T-dependent immune responses. The present studies were based upon recent reports that commercial collagen I preparations induce the maturation of human DC in vitro. We show that human...

Topics

Cells, Cultured
Collagen
Culture Media
Dendritic Cells
Humans
Integrin beta1
Integrins
Leukocytes, Mononuclear
Lipopolysaccharides
Phenotype
Receptors, Collagen

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