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Development and Functional Characterization of Murine Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
Published on: May 18, 2018
Dendritic cells in immunity and tolerance-do they display opposite functions?
1Laboratoire de Physiologie Animale, Institut de Biologie et Médecine Moléculaires, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 6041, Gosselies, Belgium. mmoser@ulb.ac.be
Abstract:
It was recently proposed that cells of the dendritic family not only control immunity but also maintain tolerance to self-antigens, two complementary functions that would ensure the integrity of the organism in an environment full of pathogens. As they express a variety of receptors that specifically recognize microbial products, DCs are able to discriminate between self and nonself and may therefore enable the immune system to mount potent effector activity to pathogens while silencing self-reactive lymphocytes.
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