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Review
. 2002:20:621-67.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.20.100301.064828. Epub 2001 Oct 4.

Antigen presentation and T cell stimulation by dendritic cells

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Antigen presentation and T cell stimulation by dendritic cells

Pierre Guermonprez et al. Annu Rev Immunol. 2002.

Abstract

Dendritic cells take up antigens in peripheral tissues, process them into proteolytic peptides, and load these peptides onto major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules. Dendritic cells then migrate to secondary lymphoid organs and become competent to present antigens to T lymphocytes, thus initiating antigen-specific immune responses, or immunological tolerance. Antigen presentation in dendritic cells is finely regulated: antigen uptake, intracellular transport and degradation, and the traffic of MHC molecules are different in dendritic cells as compared to other antigen-presenting cells. These specializations account for dendritic cells' unique role in the initiation of immune responses and the induction of tolerance.

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