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Isolation and Short-Term Culture of Human Epidermal Langerhans’ Cells

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The human epidermis consists of a heterogeneous population of cells including keratinocytes in various stages of differentiation, Merkel cells, melanocytes, and Langerhans’ cells (LC). The latter account for only around l–3% of the epidermal population, but they represent the major antigen-presenting cells of the epidermis (1)

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  1. Max Planck Institute of lmmunobiology, Freiburg, Germany

    Corinne Moulon

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    Gareth E. Jones

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Moulon, C. (1996). Isolation and Short-Term Culture of Human Epidermal Langerhans’ Cells. In: Jones, G.E. (eds) Human Cell Culture Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine, vol 2. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-335-X:33

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-335-X:33

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