| Literature DB >> 16978536 |
Tong Zhou1, Yongxi Chen, Li Hao, Yanyun Zhang.
Abstract
Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to be the most powerful professional antigen-presenting cells so far. It could activate primary immune response, and also downregulate immune response. DCs have a unique character of immunoregulation. DC-SIGN, a molecule designated as CD209, is one member of the C-type lectin superfamily. It is not only a pattern recognition receptor but implicated in immunoregulation of DCs. DC-SIGN has become hotspot of recent studies because of its important role in mediating DC adhesion, migration, inflammation, activating primary T cell, triggering immune response and participating in immune escape of pathogens and tumors. These studies on DC-SIGN involved in primary and secondary immune response and relevant mechanism will certainly provide us with a new method in treating and preventing certain diseases.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16978536
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Mol Immunol ISSN: 1672-7681 Impact factor: 11.530