However, Ballesteros-Tato et al have demonstrated that during the peak of the T cell response to influenza infection (day 5–10 p.i.), lung CD11b+ DCs are able to capture viral antigen, process the antigen into the MHC class I pathway and migrate to the lung draining lymph nodes where they cross-present to naïve CD8 T cells [30]. Here, ITGAM is linked to influenza.