Human skin is colonized by T cells that recognize CD1a independently of lipid
Cotton R, Cheng T, Wegrecki M, Le Nours J, Orgill D, Pomahac B, Talbot S, Willis R, Altman J, de Jong A, Ogg G, Van Rhijn I, Rossjohn J, Clark R, Moody D. Human skin is colonized by T cells that recognize CD1a independently of lipid. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2021, 131: e140706. PMID: 33393500, PMCID: PMC7773353, DOI: 10.1172/jci140706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsSelf-lipid antigensSkin T cellsT cell autoreactivityT cell poolT cell repertoireMajor antigenic targetAntigenic targetsCell repertoireClinical diseaseCD1aSkin diseasesCD1 proteinsAntigenTCR recognitionCell poolEffector moleculesCD1a proteinLipid ligandsSmall antigensDiseaseHuman skinCellsAutoreactivityLipids