Naive T cells can spend hours 'sampling' dendritic cells before making a stable conjugate with a single dendritic cell. It is the antigen 'dose' that determines how long this process takes.

Dendritic cells (DC) are highly efficient antigen presenting cells being actively evaluated as vaccine components. A number of studies have shown adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to cultured DCs ...

Cells are the smallest units of life. But even within the same tissue or organ, they are not all identical. New variations arise continuously during cell proliferation. While genetic mutations alter ...

Measuring the density of a cell can reveal a great deal about the cell's state. As cells proliferate, differentiate, or undergo cell death, they may gain or lose water and other molecules, which is ...

Mitochondria turn the food we eat into the energy our cells can use. But when stress hijacks the process they use to maintain ...

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