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Published on: July 14, 2017
Ontogeny and function of murine epidermal Langerhans cells
1Department of Dermatology and Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract:
Langerhans cells (LCs) are epidermis-resident antigen-presenting cells that share a common ontogeny with macrophages but function as dendritic cells (DCs). Their development, recruitment and retention in the epidermis is orchestrated by interactions with keratinocytes through multiple mechanisms. LC and dermal DC subsets often show functional redundancy, but LCs are required for specific types of adaptive immune responses when antigen is concentrated in the epidermis. This Review will focus on those developmental and functional properties that are unique to LCs.
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