title: Crosspresentation: plasmacytoid dendritic cells are in the business.
abstract: Crosspriming and crosspresentation are performed by specialized subsets of dendritic cells. In this issue, Hoeffel et al. (2007) show that human plasmacytoid dendritic cells can crosspresent HIV-derived peptides conjugated to a lipopeptide or HIV-infected cells undergoing apoptosis.
authors: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. mcolonna@pathology.wustl.edu
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Colonna
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Cella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*