Skin CD4+ Memory T Cells Exhibit Combined Cluster-Mediated Retention and Equilibration with the Circulation

    May 2016 in “ Nature communications ”
    Nicholas Collins, Xiaodong Jiang, Ali Zaid … Francis R. Carbone
    Studysummary This study found that mouse skin CD4(+) memory T cells are in equilibrium with the circulation under steady state but increase in specific clusters in response to infection or inflammation.
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