dendritic

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The innate immune system responds within minutes of infection and acts more broadly, deploying cells such as dendritic cells, neutrophils and macrophages that attack perceived threats.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

"We discovered that under conditions commonly employed to produce DC vaccines, differentiating dendritic cells begin expressing ALDH1a2, producing high levels of retinoic acid," said Fang.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

To address this issue, the team created dendritic cells from healthy donors and fused them with cancer cells from patients, producing a personalized vaccine designed to activate the immune system against the individual's own tumor.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

"The immune system interprets this vaccine, based on dendritic cells from a healthy donor fused with the patient's tumor cells, as a transplant and reacts violently," said Barbuto.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Those twisted dendritic legs get stuck in the pitch, and the stuff begins to pull me down like I’m a dinosaur in tar.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman