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Visualization of IL-22-expressing Lymphocytes Using Reporter Mice
Published on: January 25, 2017
Complement and IL-22: partnering up for border patrol
Hidekazu Yamamoto1, Claudia Kemper1
1Division of Transplant Immunology and Mucosal Biology, MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Abstract:
Intestinal pathobionts that escape into the periphery can cause serious morbidity and death. In this issue of Immunity, Hasegawa et al. (2014) show that the host's protective measures against such events include interleukin-22-driven systemic elimination of pathobionts via complement regulation.
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