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*Langerhans cells sample the tissue fluid by endocytosis
 
*Langerhans cells sample the tissue fluid by endocytosis
 
**Foreign organisms are internalised
 
**Foreign organisms are internalised
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** Within the dendritic cells, antigen is digested to peptides
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** Some of the peptides formed bind to the cell’s MHC molecules
    
*The Langerhans cells leave the epithelium and travel via the afferent lymph. They are now called '''Veiled Cells'''
 
*The Langerhans cells leave the epithelium and travel via the afferent lymph. They are now called '''Veiled Cells'''
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