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Cross-presentation: avoiding trafficking chaos?

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Cross-presentation of antigens is essential for the responses of cytotoxic T cells to tumors and viruses. Two new papers offer insights into the subcellular compartment and types of dendritic cells that mediate cross-presentation.

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Figure 1: Three models of cross-presentation.

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  1. Sudhir Pai Kasturi and Bali Pulendran are with the Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, USA. bpulend@rmy.emory.edu,

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