The Role of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses against Alpha Herpes Virus Infections

In 1999, two independent groups identified plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDC) as major type I interferon- (IFN-) producing cells in the blood. Since then, evidence is accumulating that PDC are a multifunctional cell population effectively coordinating innate and adaptive immune responses. This paper...

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Published in:	Advances in Virology
Main Authors:	Philipp Schuster, Jan Bernardin Boscheinen, Karin Tennert, Barbara Schmidt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2011-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/679271