Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2006 Mar;27(3):140-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.it.2005.12.007. Epub 2006 Jan 10.

Towards an understanding of the transcription factor network of dendritic cell development

Affiliations
Review

Towards an understanding of the transcription factor network of dendritic cell development

Martin Zenke et al. Trends Immunol. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and develop from hematopoietic stem cells through successive steps of lineage commitment and differentiation. The three major DC populations are epidermal Langerhans cells, tissue/interstitial/dermal DCs and plasmacytoid DCs. We review how gene-targeted mutations in mice have contributed to our understanding of how the various DC subpopulations develop. These studies have revealed both overlapping and distinct pathways of DC differentiation and show that there is no obvious correlation between transcription factor knockout phenotypes and a lymphoid or myeloid origin of DCs.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

Cited by

Publication types

Substances

LinkOut - more resources