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Dendritic cell genealogy: a new stem or just another branch?

Two papers in this issue report the isolation and characterization of a common clonal bone marrow precursor of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cells.

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Figure 1: DC ontogeny in mice.

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Merad, M., Ginhoux, F. Dendritic cell genealogy: a new stem or just another branch?. Nat Immunol 8, 1199–1201 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni1107-1199

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