Dendritics公司主要关注人类树突状细胞，希望找到能够促使CD34+造血前体细胞转化为树突状细胞（在GM-CSF和TNF-alpha存在的情况下）的细胞因子。在1992-2005年间，大量的研究使得研究者对人类树突状细胞的产生、细胞通路、C-type凝集素受体的功能及Toll-like受体的活性有了更深的理解。

DENDRITICS was started in 2005 by former members of SCHERING PLOUGH Laboratory for Immunological Research (LIR) in Dardilly, France. From their long experience at LIR, the team members of DENDRITICS have gathered complementary scientific and technological knowledge in different areas of immunology. The initial focus of LIR was in the biology of B lymphocytes, elaboration of human monoclonal antibodies, and in cytokine discovery (IL-3, IL-4, IL-7, IL-10, IL-17, GM-CSF) together with our colleagues of DNAX Research Institute in Palo Alto, California.

Our interest in cytokines led to the finding that human dendritic cells (DCs) could be generated in vitro from CD34+ hematopoietic progenitors cultured in the presence of GM-CSF and TNF-alpha.

The period from 1992 to 2005 saw the specialization of LIR in DC biology and was fuelled by a large-scale effort to discover and study the function of genes specifically expressed by these cells. This program led to a number of findings that contributed in particular to understanding the heterogeneity of DCs, the pathways regulating DC migration, the function of C-type lectin receptors in DCs and the activity of Toll-like receptors in DCs. Many novel genes were discovered through screening of cDNA libraries or through monoclonal antibodies raised against DCs.

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