PMID- 12801800 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030902 LR - 20220309 IS - 0369-8114 (Print) IS - 0369-8114 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 2 DP - 2003 Mar TI - The control of immunity and tolerance by dendritic cell. PG - 59-60 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are best known for their roles in host resistance and immunogenicity. DCs provide a direct link between innate and adaptive immunity. After antigen capture and processing, DCs control the differentiation and polarization of T cells. However, there is a danger during the antigen presentation because, at the same time DCs are capturing microbial antigens and also dying self cells and environmental proteins, to which the immune system must not respond. There is good evidence that immature DCs, in the absence of infection and inflammation, induce immunological tolerance to innocuous self antigens, avoiding then a non-appropriate response to harmless antigens that may be presented subsequently when infection strikes. FAU - Steinman, R M AU - Steinman RM AD - Laboratory of Cellular Physiology & Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399, USA. steinma@rockvax.rockfeller.edu LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - France TA - Pathol Biol (Paris) JT - Pathologie-biologie JID - 0265365 RN - 0 (Autoantigens) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation/*immunology MH - Autoantigens/immunology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immune Tolerance/*immunology MH - Infections/immunology MH - Self Tolerance/immunology MH - T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology/immunology RF - 0 EDAT- 2003/06/13 05:00 MHDA- 2003/09/03 05:00 CRDT- 2003/06/13 05:00 PHST- 2003/06/13 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/09/03 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/06/13 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0369811403000968 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0369-8114(03)00096-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pathol Biol (Paris). 2003 Mar;51(2):59-60. doi: 10.1016/s0369-8114(03)00096-8.