Editing Dendritic cell (section)

=== Autoimmunity ===
Altered function of dendritic cells is also known to play a major or even key role in [[allergy]] and [[autoimmune disease]]s like [[lupus erythematosus]] and inflammatory bowel diseases ([[Crohn's disease]] and [[ulcerative colitis]]).<ref name=Baumgart>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baumgart DC, Metzke D, Schmitz J, Scheffold A, Sturm A, Wiedenmann B, Dignass AU | year = 2005 | title = Patients with active inflammatory bowel disease lack immature peripheral blood plasmacytoid and myeloid dendritic cells | journal = Gut | volume = 54 | issue = 2 | pages = 228–36 | pmid = 15647187 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2004.040360 | pmc = 1774844}}</ref><ref name=Baumgart2>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baumgart DC, Thomas S, Przesdzing I, Metzke D, Bielecki C, Lehmann SM, Lehnardt S, Dorffel Y, Sturm A, Scheffold A, Schmitz J, Radbruch A | year = 2009 | title = Exaggerated inflammatory response of primary human myeloid dendritic cells to lipopolysaccharide in patients with inflammatory bowel disease | journal = Clin Exp Immunol | volume = 157 | issue = 3 | pages = 423–36 | pmid = 19664152 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03981.x | pmc = 2745038}}</ref><ref name=Baumgart3>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baumgart DC, Carding SR | year = 2007 | title = Inflammatory bowel disease: cause and immunobiology | journal = The Lancet | volume = 369 | issue = 9573 | pages = 1627–40 | pmid =  17499605 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60750-8| s2cid = 13544348 }}</ref>