The Antigen Presenting Cells Instruct Plasma Cell Differentiation

The professional antigen presenting cells (APCs), including many subsets of dendritic cells and macrophages, not only mediate prompt but nonspecific response against microbes, but also bridge the antigen-specific adaptive immune response through antigen presentation. In the latter, typically activat...

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Main Authors: Wei eXu, Jacques eBanchereau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00504/full