Immunity to Pathogens Taught by Specialized Human Dendritic Cell Subsets
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Immunity to Pathogens Taught by Specialized Human Dendritic Cell Subsets
Dendritic cells (DCs) are specialized antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that have a key role in immune responses because they bridge the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. They mature upon recognition of pathogens and upregulate MHC molecules and costimulatory receptors to activate antigen-specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. It is now well established that DCs are not a homogeneous po...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Immunology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00527