Langerhans cell CD marker is?
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Ans. (a) CD1Ref: Robbing pathology 9th ed. 1590* Langerhans cells are characterized by two types of markers: an ultrastructural marker, the Birbeck granule and different membrane markers: HLA-D antigens, T4 antigen, and some of the CD1 antigens.* These antigens which are specific for the epidermal Langerhans cells, are not expressed by the other epidermal cells. Three CD1 antigens are biochemically defined on human thymocytes, they display a glycoprotein chain non covalently attached to beta-2-microglobulin