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Fight against viruses: The origin of specific immune cells revealed

Important for virus defence and autoimmune diseases: Representation of the surface of a human dendritic cell. (Image: Sriram Subramaniam, National Cancer Institute, and Donny Bliss, National Library of Medicine)
Important for virus defence and autoimmune diseases: Representation of the surface of a human dendritic cell. (Image: Sriram Subramaniam, National Cancer Institute, and Donny Bliss, National Library of Medicine)

Within the immune system, so called plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) play a relevant role in the protection against viral infections. However, pDCs have also been associated with auto immune syndromes. In the current issue of Nature Immunology, a research team of the University of Basel could finally solve the puzzle about of their origin.

09 July 2018

Important for virus defence and autoimmune diseases: Representation of the surface of a human dendritic cell. (Image: Sriram Subramaniam, National Cancer Institute, and Donny Bliss, National Library of Medicine)
Important for virus defence and autoimmune diseases: Representation of the surface of a human dendritic cell. (Image: Sriram Subramaniam, National Cancer Institute, and Donny Bliss, National Library of Medicine)
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