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Immune defense mechanisms of the dental pulp Jontell M; Okiji T; Dahlgren U; Bergenholtz GCrit Rev Oral Biol Med 1998[]; 9 (2): 179-200Defense reactions of the dentin/pulp complex involve a variety of biological systems, in which the immune system plays a pivotal role. The knowledge of the organization and function of pulpal immunocompetent cells has been sparse, but in recent years a significant body of information of immune mechanisms in general has provided a footing for substantial new knowledge of the immune mechanisms of the dental pulp. The identification of pulpal dendritic cells (DCs) has generated research activities which have led to a concept of how an antigenic challenge may evoke a pulpal inflammatory response. Although DCs are not able to identify foreign antigens specifically, they provide necessary signals to activate T-lymphocytes which in turn will orchestrate other immunocompetent cells to mount the local immune defense of the dental pulp. The purpose of this review is to accent the organization and function of pulpal DCs and other tissue and cellular components and to provide a basis for how they may interact to instigate pulpal defense mechanisms.|Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology[MESH]|Antigens/immunology[MESH]|B-Lymphocytes/immunology[MESH]|Bacteria/immunology[MESH]|Dendritic Cells/immunology[MESH]|Dental Pulp/blood supply/*immunology/innervation[MESH]|Dentin/immunology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Lymphocyte Activation/immunology[MESH]|Macrophages/immunology[MESH]|Odontoblasts/immunology[MESH]|Pulpitis/immunology[MESH]|T-Lymphocytes/immunology[MESH] |
