How does the immune system avoid potentially damaging responses against the body's own molecules? The answer lies partly in the ability of dendritic cells to sample their surroundings selectively.
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Swanson, J. The pick of the nibbled bits. Nature 440, 750–751 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/440750a
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