Dendritic Cells
Dendritic cells (DCs) get their name from their surface projections (that resemble the dendrites of neurons — see figure).
Dendritic cells (DCs) are immune cells and form part of the mammalian immune system.
These cells called dendritic cells or Langerhans cells can move through out our body, and are particularly rich in our skin and mucus membranes of our body that are exposed to foreign material, including our disgestive systems, airways, ...
HIV infects a number of cell types including T-lymphocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells and neurons. AIDS occurs when lymphocytes, particularly CD4+ T cells are killed off, leaving the patient unable to fight off opportunistic infections.
If they're macrophages or what we call semi-dendritic cells-all partners in the immune system-they come in first. They eat up large molecules and then they grind them up, and they reflect what's there on the surface of the cell.
antigen presenting cell, dendritic cell, macrophage, Helper T lymphocyte, B lymphocyte, plasma cell, complement, major histocompatibility complex
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