A unique dermal dendritic cell subset that skews the immune response toward Th2.

Dendritic cell (DC) subsets in the skin and draining lymph nodes (LNs) are likely to elicit distinct immune response types. In skin and skin-draining LNs, a dermal DC subset expressing macrophage galactose-type C-type lectin 2 (MGL2/CD301b) was found distinct from migratory Langerhans cells (LCs) or...

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Main Authors: Ryuichi Murakami, Kaori Denda-Nagai, Shin-ichi Hashimoto, Shigenori Nagai, Masahira Hattori, Tatsuro Irimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3767795?pdf=render