Figure 2. .

Airway mucosal dendritic cells forming a three-dimensional network within the airway mucosa. They display a typical dendritic morphology, with long, branched arms interdigitating between surrounding epithelial cells. The image shows a three-dimensional reconstruction of a confocal image showing CD11c⁺ DCs in a murine lung section. The image was taken at the proximal 1/4 of the main axial pathway of the left lung. The smooth muscle was visualized by phalloidin-staining of F-actin filaments (Veres et al. 2007, by courtesy of T. Veres). Picture was reproduced with permission from Sewald and Braun (2011).