Langerhans Cells Trap Tick Salivary Gland Antigens in Tick-Resistant Guinea Pigs
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- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 122 (2) , 563-565
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.122.2.563
Abstract
In the infested skin of tick-resistant guinea pigs, indirect immunofluorescence techniques have revealed that antigens from the ticks' salivary glands are associated with discrete dendritic cells in the epidermis. Evidence is presented to support the suggestion that these antigen-retaining cells are Langerhans cells.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: