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Dendritic cell
Dendritic cells
(DCs) are
antigen-presenting cells
(also known as
accessory cells
) of the
mammalian
immune system
. Their main function is to process
antigen
material and
present
it on the cell surface to the
T cells
of the immune system. They act as messengers between the
innate
and the
adaptive immune systems
.
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