Dendritic cells are the most potent antigen-presenting cells in vivo, capable of both the initiation of a primary immune response and the induction of tolerance. Dendritic cells display considerable heterogeneity, both with respect to the subsets that have been identified and the cellular pathways that are utilized to generate the major histocompatibility complex-binding peptides they present to CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes. As greater insight is gained in both areas, dendritic cells will become even more powerful, precise tools for the modulation of immune responses.
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