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dendritic cell lineage

Gordon MacPherson gordon.macpherson at path.ox.ac.uk
Mon Aug 23 10:47:01 EST 1999


James Good wrote:

> To what extent are Langerhans cells and follicular dendritic cells of the
> same developmental lineage?

All the evidence is that they are completely distinct lineages.  There are
dendritic cells in germinal centres (Grouard et al., Nature), but these are
quite different from follicular DC.

Gordon






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