Skin-resident immune cells actively coordinate their distribution with epidermal cells during homeostasis
Park S, Matte-Martone C, Gonzalez DG, Lathrop EA, May DP, Pineda CM, Moore JL, Boucher JD, Marsh E, Schmitter-Sánchez A, Cockburn K, Markova O, Bellaïche Y, Greco V. Skin-resident immune cells actively coordinate their distribution with epidermal cells during homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology 2021, 23: 476-484. PMID: 33958758, PMCID: PMC8603572, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00670-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEpidermal CellsEpidermisHomeostasisIntercellular JunctionsMice, TransgenicSkinT-LymphocytesConceptsDendritic epidermal T cellsLangerhans cellsCell typesEpithelial cellsDifferent cell typesMultiple cell typesLive adult miceGTPase Rac1Skin-resident immune cellsNon-random spatial distributionDistribution of LCContinuous turnoverEpidermal cellsEpidermal T cellsIndividual cellsCellular mechanismsEnvironmental insultsHomeostasisBasal epithelial cellsImmune cellsT cellsAdult miceCellsProper architectureEpidermis