Dendritic cells: a question of upbringing

Steffen Jung

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2010.04.007

Dendritic cells: a question of upbringing

Immunity. 2010 Apr 23;32(4):502-4. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.04.007.

Author

Steffen Jung¹

Affiliation

¹ The Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, Rehovot 76100, Israel. [email protected]

PMID: 20412761
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2010.04.007

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) arise from dedicated precursors and monocytes; however, the impact of these differential origins remain unclear. In this issue of Immunity, Siddiqui et al. (2010) describe a population of colitogenic monocyte-derived DCs that propagate intestinal inflammation.

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