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Nature Medicine 13, 1155 - 1159 (2007)
Published online: 17 September 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm1643

Dendritic cells: versatile controllers of the immune system

Ralph M Steinman1

  1. The author is at The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065-6399, USA. e-mail: steinma@rockefeller.edu

The immune system has multiple pathways for recognizing and responding to microbial components and other disease-related stimuli. The dendritic-cell lineage of white blood cells controls this intricate system (Fig. 1

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