Chemotaxis: Dendritic cells as trendsetters of the immune response.

Curr Biol

CRUK Beatson Institute, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow, UK; School of Cancer Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address:

Published: September 2023

A new study reports that dendritic cells actively shape the CCL19 chemokine gradient to which they respond and that the chemokine receptor CCR7 both senses CCL19 and mediates its internalisation. Generation of local changes in chemokines allows coordination of movement over longer distances than previous models could explain.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.009DOI Listing

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