13373 IUPAC Gold Book - Langerhans cell 10.1351/goldbook.13373 13373 current 1 Immature, phagocytic dendritic cell of the mammalian skin, characterized by the presence of Fc receptors, major histocompatibility (MHC) class II molecules, and epidermal dendritic cell marker CD1. It contains a cytoplasmic organelle called the Birbeck granule. CD1 https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12971 Fc receptors https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13138 dendritic cell https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13087 major histocompatibility (MHC) class II molecules https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13432 PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1200 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13373/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13373/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13373/plain Citation: 'Langerhans cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13373 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-14T02:03:18+00:00