T cells can stop development of skin cancer
Gamma-delta T cells in the skin use evolutionarily conserved proteins to negatively regulate malignancy.
Oct 18, 2001
A substantial fraction of the T cell pool is constitutively resident within the skin, but the role of these cells remains poorly understood. In October 19
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"These findings are clearly relevant to understanding the selective pressures on developing tumors and to considering the types of immune responses that would be useful in clinical intervention" said the authors.