Human Dendritic Cells in Leprosy (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

Human Dendritic Cells in Leprosy

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The presence of dendritic cells in human leprosy lesions correlates with a potent cell-mediated immune response, greater in the tuberculoid than lepromateous form of leprosy. Shown here is a microscopic image of a dendritic cell in a tuberculoid leprosy lesion, showing co-expression of (labeled in red) the intracellular receptor NOD2 and cell surface IL-32 (labeled in green).

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