Unravelling mononuclear phagocyte heterogeneity.
When Ralph Steinman and Zanvil Cohn first described dendritic cells (DCs) in 1973 it took many years to convince the immunology community that these cells were truly distinct from macrophages. Almost four decades later, the DC is regarded as the key initiator of adaptive immune responses; however, d...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2010
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