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Immune Cells in Skin Can Contribute to Cancer (1 of 5)

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Immune Cells in Skin Can Contribute to Cancer (1 of 5)

image: In this epidermal sheet, Langerhans cells (green) are seen to form a network of cells with extended dendritic processes. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 06, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by B.G. Modi at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, and colleagues, was titled, “Langerhans Cells Facilitate Epithelial DNA Damage and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.” view more 

Credit: Photo by Julia Lewis, Laboratory of Dr. Michael Girardi, Yale University.


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