Functional specialization of skin dendritic cell subsets in regulating T cell responses

Dendritic cells (DC) are a heterogeneous family of professional antigen presenting cells (APC) classically recognized as most potent inducers of adaptive immune responses. In this respect, Langerhans cells (LC) have long been considered to be prototypic immunogenic DC in the skin. More recently this...

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Main Authors: Björn E. Clausen, Patrizia eStoitzner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00534/full