Skin in the game — locally made antibodies fight resident bacteria

Jeong-Mi Lee and Peter T. Sage ()

Nature, 2025, vol. 638, issue 8052, 894-896

Abstract: How immune responses arise against microorganisms living on the skin is not fully understood. The discovery that skin maintains its own system to form antibody responses reveals an unexpected vaccination route.

Keywords: Immunology; Medical research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-04205-4

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