Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells: from molecules to intercellular communication network

Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells (pDCs) are a specific subset of naturally occurring dendritic cells, that secrete large amounts of Type I interferon and play an important role in the immune response against viral infection. Several studies have highlighted that they are also effective antigen presentin...

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Main Authors: Till Sebastian Manuel Mathan, Carl Gustav Figdor, Sonja Ingrid Buschow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00372/full