| Front | Bone marrow-derived cells found in most tissues, including lymphoid tissues. There are two main functional subsets. The first subset, called conventional, take up antigen in peripheral tissues, are activated by contact with pathogens, and travel to the peripheral lymphoid organs, where they are the most potent stimulators of T-cell responses. The second subset, called plasmacytoid, can also take up and present antigen, but their main function in an infection is to produce large amounts of the antiviral interferons as a result of pathogen recognition through receptors such as TLRs |
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| Back | dendritic cells |
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