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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Harmjan Kuipers
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2387 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kuipers Harmjan H Schnorfeil Frauke M FM Fehling Hans-Jörg HJ Bartels Helmut H Brocker Thomas T
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20100607 1
Dendritic cells (DCs) are central for the induction of T cell immunity and tolerance. Fundamental for DCs to control the immune system is their differentiation from precursors into various DC subsets with distinct functions and locations in lymphoid organs and tissues. In contrast to the differentiation of epidermal Langerhans cells (LCs) and their seeding into the epidermis, LC maturation, turnover, and MHC class II Ag presentation capacities are strictly dependent on the presence of Dicer, whi ...[more]