T and B lymphocytes: two different cell populations for the "first defence barrier" at cutaneous and mucosal levels?

Abstract:

:Data on lymphocyte biology indicate that the humoral system of B-cells is specifically active with precise analogies at all mucosal levels. Might there be a corresponding function for T-lymphocytes at the cutaneous structure level? Certain physiological findings appear to suggest that the two main lymphocyte populations share the role of "first defence barrier".

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Franchi F,Seminara P,Montella F

doi

10.1016/0306-9877(81)90060-8

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1183-7

issue

9

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0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

0306-9877(81)90060-8

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7

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