PMID- 21374274
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20110304
IS  - 1543-1894 (Print)
IS  - 1543-1894 (Linking)
VI  - 64
DP  - 2001
TI  - In vivo migration of rat dendritic cells.
PG  - 347-68
LID - 10.1385/1-59259-150-7:347 [doi]
AB  - Dendritic cells (DCs) comprise a dynamic cellular system with a continuous 
      traffic throughout the body. DCs connect nonlymphoid and lymphoid tissues via the 
      lymph and blood, and transport antigenic information from most parts of the body 
      to the immune system (1). To understand the migratory behavior of DCs in vivo is 
      very important, because in different immunological situations, this behavior 
      could change easily and, in turn, greatly affect immune responses (2). Factors 
      that determine the behavior of DCs, such as adhesion molecules, could potentially 
      be the targets for manipulating and regulating immune responses. The study of DC 
      migration, therefore, should provide useful information for understanding the 
      role of DCs not only in local but also in systemic host-defense mechanisms (3). 
      The aim of this chapter is to introduce several useful methods that help to 
      examine DC migration in vivo.
FAU - Matsuno, K
AU  - Matsuno K
AD  - Department of Anatomy II, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, 
      Japan.
FAU - Ezaki, T
AU  - Ezaki T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Methods Mol Med
JT  - Methods in molecular medicine
JID - 101123138
EDAT- 2001/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2001/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 2011/03/05 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2001/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/01/01 00:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1385/1-59259-150-7:347 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Methods Mol Med. 2001;64:347-68. doi: 10.1385/1-59259-150-7:347.