dendritic cell

American  

noun

1. a branching cell of the lymph nodes, blood, and spleen that functions as a network trapping foreign protein.

---

dendritic cell Scientific  

/ dĕn-drĭt′ĭk /

1. A highly specialized white blood cell found in the skin, mucosa, and lymphoid tissues that initiates a primary immune response by activating lymphocytes and secreting cytokines.

---

Example Sentences

This tolerance significantly reduces the effectiveness of dendritic cell vaccines, a type of immunotherapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack cancer.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Mr Orna is being monitored with three-monthly scans, and saving for the dendritic cell vaccine, an immunotherapy treatment abroad which is not covered by his insurers because it is classed as experimental.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

It involves delivering the dendritic cell vaccine along with bevacizumab, a standard ovarian cancer therapy that targets VEGF-A.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

The specific phagocyte T. gondii likes to attack is called a dendritic cell.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2022

Interspersed among the keratinocytes of this layer is a type of dendritic cell called the Langerhans cell, which functions as a macrophage by engulfing bacteria, foreign particles, and damaged cells that occur in this layer.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013