Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) are cells of the immune system found in primary and secondary lymph follicles of the B cell areas of the lymphoid tissue. These cells were first described in 1965 and were attributed to the group of dendritic cells (DCs) due to extensive “dendritic” processes on their surface. Unlike lymphoid and myeloid DCs, follicular DCs are not derived from the bone-marrow hematopoetic stem cell, but are of mesenchymal origin.
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