CD56 marks human dendritic cell subsets with cytotoxic potential

Human plasmacytoid and myeloid dendritic cells (DCs), when appropriately stimulated, can express the archetypal natural killer (NK)-cell surface marker CD56. In addition to classical DC functions, CD56+ DCs are endowed with an unconventional cytotoxic capacity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roothans, Dessie, Smits, Evelien, Lion, Eva, Tel, Jurjen, Anguille, Sébastien
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601173/