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Latest insights into how dendritic cells arm T cells to fight disease

Latest insights into how dendritic cells arm T cells to fight disease

As a part of the immune system, dendritic cells are essential for fighting body cells which have degenerated or are infected with a virus. They trigger an immune response by presenting protein fragments, for instance of viruses, to T cells. In so doing, they activate the latter in order that these recognize the fragments as […]