1-3 Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Subsets Flashcards

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Antigen-presenting cells

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Cells capable of displaying antigen for recognition by T cells and of activating naïve T cells. Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells.

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Alveolar macrophages

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Macrophages in the lungs.

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Dermal dendritic cells

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Immature dendritic cells resident in the dermal layer of the skin: they are the interstitial dendritic cells of skin.

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Interstitial dendritic cells

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Immature dendritic cells in the peripheral tissues, mucosa or dermal layers of the skin. Also know as tissue-resident dendritic cells.

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5
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Kupffer cells

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Macrophages in the liver.

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Langerhans cells

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Immature dendritic cells in the epidermal layers of the skin.

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7
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Microglia

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Prevalent type of macrophages in the brain, characterized by long processes.

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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells

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Cell type of the dendritic cell family that circulates in the blood, like plasma cells, and produces very large amounts of type 1 interferons upon contact with viruses.

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Immature dendritic cells

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Dendritic cells that have not come into contact with a pathogen.

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