Research progress of traditional chinese medicine effect on the function of dendritic cells / 中国现代医生

ABSTRACT

Dendritic cells(dendritic cell, DC) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells (antigen-presenting cell, APC) to induce primary immune response, and are the only one which can activate native T cells, plays an important role in the development of disease. Recent years, more and more attention has been paid to the effect of traditional chinese medicine on immune function, and researching into the effect of traditional chinese medicine on DC function may help to further reveal the mechanism of traditional chinese medicine to treat disease and develop new drugs. This paper summarized the research impact of traditional chinese medicine on DC in recent years.