Dendritic cells and the extracellular matrix: A challenge for maintaining tolerance/homeostasis
Sucharita P Shankar, John V Forrester, Lucia Kuffová, Section of Immunology, Inflammation and Infection, Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Scotland AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
May Griffith, Integrative Regenerative Medicine Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Cell Biology Bldg. Level 10, Linköping University, S-58185 Linköping, Sweden
May Griffith, Department of Ophthalmology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC H1T 2M4, Canada
Author contributions: Shankar SP performed the experiments, conducted the literature review and writing of the manuscript; Griffith M performed certain experiments and provided intellectual input; Forrester JV provided intellectual input, critical revision and approval of the final version; Kuffová L performed certain experiments and contributed to writing the manuscript.
Supported by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Lucia Kuffová, MD, PhD, Section of Immunology, Inflammation and Infection, Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom. l.kuffova@abdn.ac.uk
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Received: July 23, 2015
Peer-review started: July 27, 2015
First decision: August 25, 2015
Revised: September 18, 2015
Accepted: November 10, 2015
Article in press: November 11, 2015
Published online: November 27, 2015
