Table 1.

Key citations highlighting overlapping subset-specific functions in the dendritic cell (DC) literature to date

	Resident cDCs		Migratory DCs
	CD8+	CD11b+	CD11b− CD103+	CD11b+ CD103−	CD11b− CD103−	mLCs
MHC I presentation	++	++	++	++	++	++
Cross-presentation	++	+ [18–22]	++	+ [23–25]		+ [25,26]
Apoptotic cell uptake	++	+ [91]	++
MHC II presentation	++	++	++	++	++	++
IL-12 production	++	+ [12,13]
Th1 induction	++	+ [14–16]	++	+ [92,93]
Th2 induction	+ [14]	++	+ [92]	++	++
Th17 induction	+ [94]	+ [95,96]	++	+ [97]	+ [97]	+ [49]
iTreg induction	++	+ [98,99]	++	+ [95]
Tolerance committed						+ [8]
Humoral immunity	++	++	++	++	++	++

For a comprehensive set of DC reviews, see Immunology Reviews, 2010, volume 234(1). Commonly attributed subset functions are denoted with ++. MHC: major histocompatibility complex; IL: interleukin; Th: T helper; iT_reg: induced regulatory T cells.