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plasmacytoid dendritic cell
- Term ID
- CL:0000784
- Synonyms
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- DC2
- interferon-producing cell
- IPC
- lymphoid dendritic cell
- pDC
- plasmacytoid monocyte
- plasmacytoid T cell
- T-associated plasma cell
- type 2 DC
- Definition
- A dendritic cell type of distinct morphology, localization, and surface marker expression (CD123-positive) from other dendritic cell types and associated with early stage immune responses, particularly the release of physiologically abundant amounts of type I interferons in response to infection. (4)
- References
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- BTO:0004625
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
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