Science news articles about 'plasmacytoid dendritic cells'

... December 22, 2008 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) is a type of white blood cell. The primary function of this cell type is to produce ...

... researchers found that immune-system cells known as plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) essentially assume a ... promoting the growth and survival of malignant myeloma cells, helping them fend off drugs, ...

... did not efficiently transmit the virus to T cells, something that is essential for the initiation of full disease ... role of human immune cells known as plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) in the anti-HIV ...

... producers of one of two critical groups of interferons, known as type I. When plasmacytoid dendritic cells come in contact with viruses and other foreign invaders, they bind with them via membrane ...

... , the Ragon Institute team and their collaborators focused on plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), among the first ... women had higher levels of CD8+ T cell activation than did men with the same blood ...