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Dendritic cell

A dendritic cell (DC) is an antigen-presenting cell (also known as an accessory cell) of the mammalian immune system. A dendritic cell's function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system. They act as messengers between the innate and adaptive immune systems.

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FMA
83036
Latin
cellula dendritiformis
MeSH
D003713
System
Immune system
TH
H1.00.01.0.00038

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related to Formation of immature cells and their maturation · 31
Dendritic cell → APCs, B-cells, B7, CCR7, CD4, CD40, CD8, CD80, CD86, Certain C-type, CLRs, Dendritic, Every, For, Here, However, HSC, Immature, In, MHC
related to External links · 25
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related to history · 14
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related to Viral infection · 14
Dendritic cell → AIDS, CD4, DC-SIGN, HAART, HIV, HIV-1, However, Many, MDC, SARS, T-cells, The, This, When
related to Cytokines · 12
Dendritic cell → An, B7, CD28, CD4, DC, For, However, IFNs, IL-12, Th1, The, This
related to In blood · 12
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related to Other animals · 9
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related to Cancer · 8
Dendritic cell → At, CD4, CD8, Dendritic, However, In, Lung, PD-1
related to In vitro · 6
Dendritic cell → DCs, HP-DC, In, MDDC, Mo-DC, Nonetheless
related to Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm · 5
Dendritic cell → Blastic, In, The, This, Typically

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dendritic cells cell also immune blood system immature plasmacytoid surface monocytes dcs dendrites myeloid cd4 present activate helper however found

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Dendritic cellFMA830361.00infobox
Dendritic cellLatincellula dendritiformis1.00infobox
Dendritic cellMeSHD0037131.00infobox
Dendritic cellSystemImmune system1.00infobox
Dendritic cellTHH1.00.01.0.000381.00infobox
virusesinstance ofImmature dendritic cells constantly sample the surrounding environment for pathogens0.80text
bacteriainstance ofImmature dendritic cells constantly sample the surrounding environment for pathogens0.80text
CD80instance ofthey upregulate cell-surface receptors that act as co-receptors in T-cell activation0.80text
moDCsinstance ofmost work with virus binding to DC-SIGN expressing cells has been conducted using in vitro derived cells0.80text
Dendritic cellrelated to AutoimmunityAltered0.60section
Dendritic cellrelated to AutoimmunityCrohn's0.60section
Dendritic cellrelated to Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasmBlastic0.60section

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