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RE: The Innate Immune System (1/2) - A Zoo of Cells
yes an interesting discussion @suesa
but I am still confused, does the dendrite include stem cells?
I know the dendrite is part of the cell, like the cell body, the nucleus.
and dendritic cells work on nerve cells. Is not it?
You got some things mixed up here :)
Stem cells are the origin of all cells, the baseline.
Dendrites (like neurons have them!) are "the branched projections of a neuron that act to propagate the electrochemical stimulation"
Dendritic cells are immune cells, as described in this post. They have dendrites too but those are non-neuronal dendrites.
Dendrite comes from the greek δένδρον or déndron meaning tree, so in this case it describes the long "arms" dendritic cells develop.
I hope I could clear up the confusion!