Basophils trump dendritic cells as APCs for TH2 responses
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Immunology
- Vol. 10 (7), 679-681
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0709-679
Abstract
Dendritic cells are best known as antigen-presenting cells that initiate adaptive immune responses. Three new papers suggest that basophils initiate allergen- and helminth-driven CD4+ T helper type 2 responses by functioning as antigen-presenting cells in draining lymph nodes.Keywords
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