"Antigen-Presenting Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterogeneous group of immunocompetent cells that mediate the cellular immune response by processing and presenting antigens to the T-cells. Traditional antigen-presenting cells include MACROPHAGES; DENDRITIC CELLS; LANGERHANS CELLS; and B-LYMPHOCYTES. FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELLS are not traditional antigen-presenting cells, but because they hold antigen on their cell surface in the form of IMMUNE COMPLEXES for B-cell recognition they are considered so by some authors.
| Descriptor ID |
D000938
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.066 A15.382.066
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| Concept/Terms |
Antigen-Presenting Cells- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- Antigen Presenting Cells
- Antigen-Presenting Cell
- Cell, Antigen-Presenting
- Cells, Antigen-Presenting
- Accessory Cells, Immunologic
- Immunologic Accessory Cells
- Cells, Immunologic Accessory
- Immunologic Accessory Cell
- Accessory Cell, Immunologic
- Cell, Immunologic Accessory
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Workshop on immunizations in older adults: identifying future research agendas. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Apr; 58(4):765-76.