Dendritic cells in the T-cell areas of lymphoid organs

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 156, Issue , 1997, Pages 25-37

  Steinman, Ralph M ^a   Pack, Maggie ^a   Inaba, Kayo ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BONE MARROW; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTERDIGITATING CELL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030938632     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.1997.tb00956.x     Document Type: Review

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