title: From skin dendritic cells to a simplified classification of human and mouse dendritic cell subsets.
abstract: Recent studies have identified several DC subsets within the mouse skin and showed that functional specialization exists among them. This Viewpoint summarizes recent data on functional specialization of skin DC subsets and integrates this knowledge into a unifying DC classification that emphasizes the similarities between the DC subsets found in both lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues of several mammalian species.
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guilliams
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henri
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamoutounour
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ardouin
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schwartz-Cornil
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dalod
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malissen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D002465:Cell Movement; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*