Dendritic Cells (poem on the science)
(On the scientist Steinman's work with dendritic cells that got him the Nobel prize) - [By Luann (Suhr) Akaydin]
Dendritic cells.
Ring the bells.
A new discovery has been made
The worth of this research is like that of jade.
A new class of immune cell
People with autoimmune diseases may no longer have to face hell.
Two functions are had by cells dendritic
I'll tell you and you'll no longer be a critic.
Protein antigens can they capture
The people start to feel the rapture.
A new family of C-type lectins
"Signs" they're called and recognize infections.
Signs transmit infectious agents to lymphocyte T
After that they'll no longer be.
Tolerance and immunity they can control.
This is their second functional role.
To respond to environmental factors, receptors additional are had by cells dendritic
Which assist the initiation of immunity by getting analytic.
This research is just the beginning
The people who benefit from this are definitely "winning".
All this information may have made your head swell
So now ends the tale of the dendritic cell.