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SUBMITTER: Ochoa MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2682223 | biostudies-other | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ochoa Maria Teresa MT Loncaric Anya A Krutzik Stephan R SR Becker Todd C TC Modlin Robert L RL
The Journal of investigative dermatology 20080313 9
A key cell type of the resident skin immune system is the dendritic cell (DC), which in normal skin is located in two distinct microanatomical compartments: Langerhans cells (LCs), mainly in the epidermis, and dermal DCs (DDCs), in the dermis. Here, the lineage of DDCs was investigated using monoclonal antibodies and immunohistology. We provide evidence that "DDC" comprise at least two major phenotypic populations of dendritic-appearing cells, immature DC expressing CD1, CD11c and CD208; and mac ...[more]