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Human skin is protected by four functionally and phenotypically discrete populations of resident and recirculating memory T cells.
Science translational medicine - 18 Mar 2015
Watanabe Rei, Gehad Ahmed, Yang Chao, Scott Laura L, Teague Jessica E, Schlapbach Christoph, Elco Christopher P, Huang Victor, Matos Tiago R, Kupper Thomas S, Clark Rachael A
Abstract excerpt
The skin of an adult human contains about 20 billion memory T cells. Epithelial barrier tissues are infiltrated by a combination of resident and recirculating T cells in mice, but the relative proportions and functional activities of resident versus recirculating T cells have not been evaluated in human skin. We discriminated resident from recirculating T cells in human-engrafted mice and lymphoma patients using...
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