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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Get in Touch With Dendritic Epithelial T Cells!

Flavian Thelen, Deborah A Witherden

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Tick Extracellular Vesicles Alter Epidermal Keratinocyte Function.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2026
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  10. T-Cell Adhesion in Healthy and Inflamed Skin.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Flavian ThelenDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Deborah A WitherdenDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innate and adaptive immune systems continuously interchange information and orchestrate their immune responses to protect the host. γδT cells play crucial roles, as they incorporate both innate and adaptive immune characteristics. Dendritic epidermal T cells (DETC) are specialized γδT cells, which are uniquely positioned to rapidly respond to skin wounds and infections. Their elongated dendrite morphology allows them to be in continuous contact with multiple neighboring keratinocytes and Langerhans cells. Cellular interactions are fundamental to the formation, activation and maintenance of immune cell functions during steady state and pathology. Recent technological advances, especially in the field of cellular imaging, have contributed greatly to the characterization of complex cellular interactions in a spatiotemporally resolved manner. In this review, we will highlight the often-underappreciated function of DETC and other γδT cells during steady state and an ongoing immune response. More specifically, we discuss how DETC-precursors are shaped in the fetal thymus during embryogenesis as well as how direct cell-cell interactions of DETC with neighboring epidermal cells shape skin homeostasis and effector functions. Furthermore, we will discuss seminal work and recent discoveries made in the γδT cell field, which have highlighted the importance of γδT cells in the skin, both in humans and mice.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsCell CommunicationCellular MicroenvironmentEmbryonic DevelopmentEpidermal CellsEpidermisHumansImmunity, InnateIntraepithelial LymphocytesPhenotypeReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaSignal TransductionThymus GlandReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaactivationcostimulationDETCepidermisepithelialγδT cell

Identifiers

PMID32849572
PMCPMC7403176
OpenAlexW3045504514

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