The dendritic cell receptor Clec9A binds damaged cells via exposed actin filaments.
Zhang, J.G., Czabotar, P.E., Policheni, A.N., Caminschi, I., Wan, S.S., Kitsoulis, S., Tullett, K.M., Robin, A.Y., Brammananth, R., van Delft, M.F., Lu, J., O'Reilly, L.A., Josefsson, E.C., Kile, B.T., Chin, W.J., Mintern, J.D., Olshina, M.A., Wong, W., Baum, J., Wright, M.D., Huang, D.C., Mohandas, N., Coppel, R.L., Colman, P.M., Nicola, N.A., Shortman, K., Lahoud, M.H.(2012) Immunity 36: 646-657
- PubMed: 22483802 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.03.009
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3VPP - PubMed Abstract: 
The immune system must distinguish viable cells from cells damaged by physical and infective processes. The damaged cell-recognition molecule Clec9A is expressed on the surface of the mouse and human dendritic cell subsets specialized for the uptake and processing of material from dead cells ...