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Identification of a novel lymphoid population in the murine epidermis.
Scientific reports - 30 Jul 2015
Almeida Francisca F, Tenno Mari, Brzostek Joanna, Li Jackson LiangYao, Allies Gabriele, Hoeffel Guillaume, See Peter, Ng Lai Guan, Fehling Hans Jörg, Gascoigne Nicholas R J, Taniuchi Ichiro, Ginhoux Florent
Abstract excerpt
T cell progenitors are known to arise from the foetal liver in embryos and the bone marrow in adults; however different studies have shown that a pool of T cell progenitors may also exist in the periphery. Here, we identified a lymphoid population resembling peripheral T cell progenitors which transiently seed the epidermis during late embryogenesis in both wild-type and T cell-deficient mice. We named these...
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