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Antigen-presenting cell
An antigen-presenting cell (APC) or accessory cell is a cell that displays foreign antigens complexed with major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) on their surfaces; this process is known as antigen presentation. T-cells may recognize these complexes using their T-cell receptors (TCRs). These cells process antigens and present them to T-cells.
== Types ==
Antigen-presenting cells fall into two categories: professional and non-professional.
T cells cannot recognize, and therefore cannot respond to, 'free' antigen. T cells can only 'see' an antigen that has been processed and presented by cells via carrier molecules like MHC and CD1 molecules. Most cells in the body can present antigen to CD8+ T cells via MHC class I molecules and, thus, act as "APCs"; however, the term is often limited to specialized cells that can prime T cells (i.e., activate a T cell that has not been exposed to antigen, termed a ''naive T cell''). These cells, in general, express MHC class II as well as MHC class I molecules, and can stimulate CD4+ ("helper") T cells as well as CD8+ ("cytotoxic") T cells, respectively.
To help distinguish between the two types of APCs, those that express MHC class II molecules are often called professional antigen-presenting cells.
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