Expression of the actin-bundling protein fascin in cultured human dendritic cells correlates with dendritic morphology and cell differentiation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 658-663

  Ross, Ralf ^a   Jonuleit, Helmut ^a   Bros, Matthias ^a   Ross, Xiao Lan ^a   Enk, Alexander H ^a   Knop, Jürgen ^a   Reske Kunz, Angelika B ^a   Yamashiro, Shigeko ^b   Matsumura, Fumio ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; Cytoskeleton; Dendritic cell maturation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BUNDLING PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD83 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; FASCIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033778649     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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