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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
The migration of dendritic cells (DCs) to lymph nodes (LNs) is pivotal to the establishment of the immune response. DCs have been proved to pass through the afferent lymphatic pathway to enter LNs from the peripheral tissues after they have scanned for self or nonself antigens. In response to danger signals, both myeloid and plasmacytoid DC precursors (mDC and pDC precursors) are rapidly mobilized into the circulation. mDC precursors are recruited to inflamed tissues in response to inflammatory chemokines and then remobilized to regional LNs in response to CCL21. In contrast, pDC precursors directly transmigrate to regional LNs via high endothelial venules in a CXCL9- and E-selectin-dependent manner. Such migration is largely dependent on systemic inflammatory reactions. After accumulating in the LNs through distinct trafficking pathways, DCs interact with lymphocytes temporally and spatially to establish effective immune responses. The inflammation-dependent, chemokine-driven property of DC precursor trafficking is a very sophisticated host defense system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0925-5710
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
204-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Migration of dendritic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Preventive Medicine & SORST, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan. hiroyuki@m.u-tokyo.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review