Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: A new cutaneous dendritic cell subset with distinct role in inflammatory skin diseases

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1096-1102

  Wollenberg, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Moritz ^b   Günther, Sandra ^a   Towarowski, Andreas ^b   Tuma, Evelyn ^b   Moderer, Martina ^a   Rothenfusser, Simon ^b   Wetzel, Stefanie ^a   Endres, Stefan ^b   Hartmann, Gunther ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence activated cell sorter; Human; Plasmacytoid dendritic cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN PROTECTION;

EID: 18744409038     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.19515.x     Document Type: Article

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