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Dendritic cells present antigens to other parts of the immune system. That role helps connect the recognition of a threat with the adaptive immune response.

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50:55dendritic cells. >> Yes, these are some of the staple soldiers of our immune system and they were discovered by immunologist Ralph Steinman at Rockefeller University in New York City. Um he proved that these dendritic cells act as the primer antigen presenting cells. You know the antigens and the antibodies that we were talking about. Well these guys take those antigens. Let's say you get like COVID or some other type of flu. Those things have proteins in them that are called antigens. Those antigens are then presented by dendritic cells to other parts of our adaptive immunity and it bridges this innate and adaptive

51:35immunity within our bodies to create that immune response. It earned him the

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