Immune activation: death, danger and dendritic cells.
作者信息
Pulendran Bali
机构信息
Emory Vaccine Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA.
出版信息
Curr Biol. 2004 Jan 6;14(1):R30-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.020.
PMID:14711433
Abstract
Dendritic cells are critical for host immunity, and sense microbes with pathogen recognition receptors. New evidence indicates that these cells also sense uric acid crystals in dead cells, suggesting that the immune system is conscious not only of pathogens, but also of death and danger.
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