Parasitic Infections: A Role for C-Type Lectins Receptors
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Parasitic Infections: A Role for C-Type Lectins Receptors
Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) sense the microenvironment through several types of receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns. In particular, C-type lectins receptors (CLRs), which are expressed by distinct subsets of dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages (MØs), recognize and internalize specific carbohydrate antigens in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. The targeting of these re...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2013/456352