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Dendritic cells

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  • consist of Langerhans’ and interdigitating cells
    • Langerhans cell found in the limbus, skin
    • Interdigitating cell found in T cell areas in lymph nodes
  • form an important bridge between innate and adaptive immunity, as the cells to present the antigenic peptide to the T helper cell (adaptive immunity)
  • known as professional antigen presenting cells (APCs)

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