Process
Innate immunity
The fast, built-in first line of defense. Toll-like receptors recognize features shared by many microbes.
Dendritic cells
A cell type identified in 1973 that captures antigens and presents them to T cells, linking innate and adaptive immunity.Source: Steinman & Cohn, 1973Source: Janeway CA Jr et al., 2001
Structure
How Dendritic cells connects
Dendritic cells is part of
Dendritic cells is related to
Structure
T cells
White blood cells that recognize infected cells by the fragments of foreign proteins they display alongside MHC molecules.
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Sources & further reading
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Identification of a novel cell type in peripheral lymphoid organs of mice. I. Morphology, quantitation, tissue distribution (opens the original in a new tab)
Steinman RM, Cohn ZA (1973). Journal of Experimental Medicine 137:1142-1162.
The discovery of dendritic cells.
Historical paperPrimary researchImmunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease (5th edition) (opens the original in a new tab)
Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M, et al. (2001). Garland Science.
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