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dendritic cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000451


A cell of hematopoietic origin, typically resident in particular tissues, specialized in the uptake, processing, and transport of antigens to lymph nodes for the purpose of stimulating an immune response via T cell activation. These cells are lineage negative (CD3-negative, CD19-negative, CD34-negative, and CD56-negative). [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0002042
  • FMA:83036
  • MESH:D003713
  • CALOHA:TS-0194
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

has related synonym

interdigitating cell, veiled cell

prefLabel

Dendritic cell

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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