Dendrite (redirect from Dendritic branch)
axons) via synapses which are located at various points throughout the dendritic tree. Dendrites play a critical role in integrating these synaptic inputs...
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A dendritic spine (or spine) is a small membrane protrusion from a neuron's dendrite that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse....
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The dendritic cell-based cancer vaccine is an innovation in therapeutic strategy for cancer patients. Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen presenting cells...
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Monocyte (category Cell biology)
in blood and can differentiate into macrophages and monocyte-derived dendritic cells. As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also...
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In neurophysiology, a dendritic spike refers to an action potential generated in the dendrite of a neuron. Dendrites are branched extensions of a neuron...
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a rare type of immune cell that are known to secrete large quantities of type 1 interferon (IFNs) in response...
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Phagocyte (section Dendritic cells)
blood cells (such as neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, mast cells, and dendritic cells). The main difference between professional and non-professional...
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Intermediate filaments are abundant in both perikarya and axonal and dendritic processes and are called neurofilaments. The neurofilaments become cross...
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Spine (redirect from Spine (biology))
Spine or spinal may refer to: Spinal column, also known as the backbone Dendritic spine, a small membranous protrusion from a neuron's dendrite Thorns,...
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Histiocyte (category Cell biology)
organism's immune system. The histiocyte is a tissue macrophage or a dendritic cell (histio, diminutive of histo, meaning tissue, and cyte, meaning cell)...
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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare hematologic malignancy. It was initially regarded as a form of lymphocyte-derived cutaneous...
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Herpes simplex keratitis (redirect from Herpes simplex dendritic keratitis)
cells showing larger dendritic ulceration, and lesions forming white plaques. The epithelial layer is sloughed off as the dendritic ulcer grows, and mild...
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Immunotherapy (redirect from Autologous dendritic cell-based immunotherapy)
some cancers. Immune effector cells such as lymphocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and cytotoxic T lymphocytes work together...
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Interstitium (redirect from Interstitial space (biology))
with a high tensile strength. Interstitial cells (e.g., fibroblasts, dendritic cells, adipocytes, interstitial cells of Cajal and inflammatory cells...
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Dendrimer (redirect from Dendritic macromolecule)
Part of a molecule with only one free valence, comprising exclusively dendritic and terminal constitutional repeating units and in which each path from...
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Neural backpropagation (redirect from Neural backpropagation (biology))
generated from the soma and propagates towards the apical portions of the dendritic arbor or dendrites (from which much of the original input current originated)...
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Nonspecific immune cell (section Dendritic cells)
non-specific immune cell is an immune cell (such as a macrophage, neutrophil, or dendritic cell) that responds to many antigens, not just one antigen. Non-specific...
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Tolerogenic dendritic cells (a. k. a. tol-DCs, tDCs, or DCregs) are heterogenous pool of dendritic cells with immuno-suppressive properties, priming immune...
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Plasmodium falciparum (redirect from Plasmodium falciparum biology)
15–20% of the sporozoites enter the lymphatic system, where they activate dendritic cells, which send them for destruction by T lymphocytes (CD8+ T cells)...
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may result in abnormal glia, which may in turn exacerbate dysfunction. Dendritic atrophy and loss of oligodendrocytes is found in the medial prefrontal...
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Virus (redirect from Virus (biology))
the presence the GM-CSF gene attracts dendritic cells from the surrounding tissues of the body. The dendritic cells process the dead cancer cells and...
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Ira Mellman (category Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization)
He is an authority on the cell biological mechanisms and function of dendritic cells, the cell type responsible for initiating the immune response, an...
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melanocytes are dendritic in form and share many characteristics with dendritic cells, they derive from different cell lineages. Dendritic cells are derived...
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Innate immune system (section Dendritic cells)
by cells already present in all tissues, mainly resident macrophages, dendritic cells, histiocytes, Kupffer cells, and mast cells. These cells present...
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Pattern formation (redirect from Pattern formation (biology))
crystallize into intricate patterns, such as those seen in snowflakes and dendritic crystals. Sphere packings and coverings. Mathematics underlies the other...
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DC-SIGN (Dendritic Cell-Specific Intercellular adhesion molecule-3-Grabbing Non-integrin) also known as CD209 (Cluster of Differentiation 209) is a protein...
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Myeloid-derived suppressor cell (category Cell biology)
myeloid cells, MDSCs interact with immune cell types such as T cells, dendritic cells, macrophages and natural killer cells to regulate their functions...
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Cancer immunotherapy (redirect from Dendritic cell therapy)
ipilimumab, nivolumab, and pembrolizumab. Dendritic cell therapy provokes anti-tumor responses by causing dendritic cells to present tumor antigens to lymphocytes...
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Biological membrane (redirect from Membrane (biology))
lamellipodia, the sarcolemma of muscle cells, as well as specialized myelin and dendritic spine membranes of neurons. Plasma membranes can also form different types...
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junctions with CD103+ dendritic cells and transfer antigens to the dendritic cells. After antigen interaction the CD103+ dendritic cells travel to the mesenteric...
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