Are dendritic cells phagocytes?

[playreader]

I can't seem to find the answer to this. My book doesn't explicitly say that dendritic cells are phagocytes, but I find some sites and articles on the web that say they are.

Eg. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17850487

Any help is appreciated

[biohazard]

Yes, dendritic cells are phagocytes.

[playreader]

Thank you for your feedback! Do you have a source that I can review?

[biohazard]

Well, hmmmh. Not sure what your textbook is, but the ones I checked quite explicitly labelled dendritic cells as "professional phagocytes" - meaning that phagocytosis is one of their primary duties. You could, for example, check Janeway's Immunobiology, which is a highly regarded and widely available immunology textbook.

[mavis]

Yes

http://www.ask4biology.com/immunology/phagocytosis