Patrolling the Border (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Patrolling the Border

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New research explains the development of intraepithelial lymphocytes, immune cells in the thin lining of the intestine. Above, transverse sections of fingerlike villi that project into the intestine show green IELs within blue epithelial cells.

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Bernardo Reis

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