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SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Mendoza A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3581113 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vázquez-Mendoza Alicia A Carrero Julio César JC Rodriguez-Sosa Miriam M
BioMed research international 20130127
Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) sense the microenvironment through several types of receptors that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns. In particular, C-type lectins receptors (CLRs), which are expressed by distinct subsets of dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages (MØs), recognize and internalize specific carbohydrate antigens in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. The targeting of these receptors is becoming an efficient strategy for parasite recognition. However, relatively little is known ...[more]