Dendritic cells are produced in bone marrow, migrate through the blood to tissues to monitor for pathogens, and upon encountering a pathogen, phagocytose it and present pieces of it as antigens on their surface.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  Parts of the Immune System | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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• Parts of the Immune System | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia www.chop.edu Children's Hospital of Philadelphia via serper

Referenced by nodes (7)

• blood concept
• pathogen concept
• dendritic cells concept
• phagocytosis concept
• antigen concept
• bone marrow location
• bone marrow concept