| Literature DB >> 24560193 |
Guy Shakhar1, Masha Kolesnikov2.
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CD103(+) dendritic cells (DCs) must acquire soluble food antigens from the gut lumen to induce oral tolerance. In this issue of Immunity, Mazzini et al. (2014), report that CX3CR1(+) macrophages capture such antigen and transfer it to the DCs by a route involving gap junctions.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24560193 DOI： 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.01.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunity ISSN： 1074-7613 Impact factor: 31.745