T cells (blue) attacking tumor cells (white) (IMAGE)

University of Basel

T cells (blue) attacking tumor cells (white)

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Immunofluorescent image depicting T cells (blue) attacking tumor cells (white) by forming an immune synapse with LFA-1 (open headpiece conformation – labeled in red). A new study identified extracellular magnesium as a critical immune modulator of CD8+ T cells.

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J. Loetscher et al., Cell (2022)

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