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Development and Functional Characterization of Murine Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
Published on: May 18, 2018
Dendritic cell-mediated T cell polarization
Esther C de Jong1, Hermelijn H Smits, Martien L Kapsenberg
1Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1100 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E.C.deJong@amc.uva.nl
Abstract:
Effective defense against diverse types of micro-organisms that invade our body requires specialized classes of antigen-specific immune responses initiated and maintained by distinct subsets of effector CD4(+) T helper (Th) cells. Excessive or detrimental (e.g., autoimmune) responses by effector T cells are controlled by regulatory T cells. The optimal balance in the development of the different types of effector and regulatory Th cells is orchestrated by dendritic cells (DC). This review discusses the way DC adapt the T cell response to the type of pathogen, focusing on the tools that DC use in this management of the T cell response.
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