Migratory Dermal Dendritic Cells Act as Rapid Sensors of Protozoan Parasites

Lai Guan Ng; Alice Hsu; Michael A. Mandell; Ben Roediger; Christoph Hoeller; Paulus Mrass; Amaya Iparraguirre; Lois L. Cavanagh; James A. Triccas; Stephen M. Beverley; Phillip Scott; Wolfgang Weninger

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000222

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Migratory Dermal Dendritic Cells Act as Rapid Sensors of Protozoan Parasites

Lai Guan Ng,

Affiliations The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Centenary Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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Alice Hsu,

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Michael A. Mandell,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Ben Roediger,

Affiliation The Centenary Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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Christoph Hoeller,

Affiliations The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Paulus Mrass,

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Amaya Iparraguirre,

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lois L. Cavanagh,

Affiliations The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Centenary Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
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James A. Triccas,

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunity Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Stephen M. Beverley,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Phillip Scott,

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Wolfgang Weninger

* E-mail: w.weninger@centenary.org.au

Affiliations The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, The Centenary Institute for Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, Discipline of Dermatology, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Migratory Dermal Dendritic Cells Act as Rapid Sensors of Protozoan Parasites

Lai Guan Ng,
Alice Hsu,
Michael A. Mandell,
Ben Roediger,
Christoph Hoeller,
Paulus Mrass,
Amaya Iparraguirre,
Lois L. Cavanagh,
James A. Triccas,
Stephen M. Beverley

Published: November 28, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000222

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