Identifiers
NAME:ITGAV:ITGB3
Maps_Modules
HMC:AVOIDING_IMMUNE_DESTRUCTION
Innate Immunity / DANGER_SIGNAL_PATHWAYS
Innate Immunity / INTEGRINS
References
CASCADE:INTEGRIN_AVB3
DENDRITIC_CELL
PMID:9295024, PMID:9763615
Dendritic cells phagocytose apoptotic cells via alphavbeta5, alphavbeta3, and CD36.
and cross-present Antigens to Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes
The interaction between apoptotic bodies and dendritic cells elicits a rise in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) which is essential for the process of engulfment.