Skin-resident CD4+ T cells protect against Leishmania major by recruiting and activating inflammatory monocytes.

Tissue-resident memory T cells are required for establishing protective immunity against a variety of different pathogens, although the mechanisms mediating protection by CD4+ resident memory T cells are still being defined. In this study we addressed this issue with a population of protective skin-...

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Main Authors: Nelson D Glennie, Susan W Volk, Phillip Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5409171?pdf=render