What are the two types of dendritic cells? (and the other type?)
Follicular and interdigitating and Langerhans cells of the skina nd mucosa
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What do FDCs do?
Present antigen to B cells.
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Are FDCs professional antigen presenting cells?
No, they only have MHC class I.
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Where are FDCs?
Predominantly in germinal centers in secondary lymphoid tissues
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What do interdigitating dendritic cells do?
Present antigen to T cells. They have MHC class I&II
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Where are the IDCs?
Sit in the tissues and they become veiled cells and move to the lymphnodes where they present antigen to the T cell receptors. Present in both primary and secondary lymphoid tissue.
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