title: The Langerhans cell: its origin, nature, and function.
abstract: This is the biography of a cell--a cell as elusive and as deceiving as any in medical literature. This is the biography of the Langerhans cell, literally a cell at our fingertips, yet seemingly always beyond our intellectual grasp. Here is the story of a foundling within our epidermis, yet outside our pathologist's daily view. It is the history of a cell whose stain and form belied its function. It is a biography of a cell which virtually hid from us until it came under the revealing beam of the electron microscope.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000473:pathology; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D000939:Epitopes; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes