Langerhans cells - Dendritic cells of the epidermis

APMIS

Volumn 111, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 725-740

  Romani, Nikolaus ^a   Holzmann, Sandra ^a   Tripp, Christoph H ^a   Koch, Franz ^a   Stoitzner, Patrizia ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Epidermis; Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LANGERHANS CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELLS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MICE;

EID: 0141630428     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.11107805.x     Document Type: Review

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