Dendritic cells: The first step

Ralph M. Steinman's work on dendritic cells began in 1973 when he described and named the cells. Reminiscent of the late Justice Ginsburg's perspective that enduring change happens not suddenly but one step at a time, the paper (1973. J. Exp. Med. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.137.5.1142) was notably the first step in many steps of important work that revealed the nature of dendritic cells.

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Ralph M. Steinman began his work on dendritic cells in 1973 by describing and naming the cells. Similar to the perspective of the late Justice Ginsburg, he emphasized that enduring change happens gradually, one step at a time. This paper in 1973 marked the first step of many in uncovering the nature of dendritic cells.