Professional cross-presenting CD8α-type CD141(hi) dendritic cells: we have got you in our skin!

Theme

Migratory, and not lymphoid-resident, dendritic cells maintain peripheral self-tolerance and prevent autoimmunity via induction of iTreg cells

Interaction between GUVs and catanionic nanocontainers: new insight into spontaneous membrane fusion.

Published in: Immunity 2012 Jul; 37(1): 3-5

Authors: Dalod M

Summary

In this issue of Immunity, Haniffa et al. (2012) identify the presence of professional cross-presenting human dendritic cells in the skin, the liver, and the lung and also presented comparative genomics to align human and mouse dendritic cell types across tissues.

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 22840836

Link to DOI – 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.07.008