BioModels Ontology

Last uploaded: April 3, 2012
Preferred Name

professional antigen presenting cell
Synonyms
Definitions

Note change of name; nearly all somatic cells can present antigens to T cells via MHC Class I complexes leading to effector responses, but professional antigen presenting cells constituitively express MHC Class II as well as constimulatory molecules, and thus can initiate immune responses via T cells.

ID

http://purl.org/obo/owl/CL#CL_0000145

comment

Note change of name; nearly all somatic cells can present antigens to T cells via MHC Class I complexes leading to effector responses, but professional antigen presenting cells constituitively express MHC Class II as well as constimulatory molecules, and thus can initiate immune responses via T cells.

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cell

label

professional antigen presenting cell

prefixIRI

CL:CL_0000145

prefLabel

professional antigen presenting cell

subClassOf

http://purl.org/obo/owl/CL#CL_0000473

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