follicular dendritic cell

English

follicular dendritic cell showing numerous dendritic cell processes interdigitating with one another and with dendrites of adjacent FDCs to form a network that traps antigens in the form of immune complexes, presenting them to B cells in germinal centers of lymphoid follicles located in secondary lymphoid tissues

Alternative forms

FDC

Noun

follicular dendritic cell (plural follicular dendritic cells)

(anatomy) A specific type of cell, found in lymphoid follicles having filiform dendrites that bind and present immune complexes to B cells.

Translations

specific cells found in lymph follicles

Portuguese: célula dendrítica folicular f
Russian: фолликуля́рная дендри́тная кле́тка f (follikuljárnaja dendrítnaja klétka)
Spanish: célula dendrítica folicular f

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