Nature Immunology 7, 437 - 439 (2006)
doi:10.1038/ni0506-437
Contact hypersensitivity: not just T cells!Wayne M Yokoyama
Wayne M. Yokoyama is with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. yokoyama@im.wustl.edu
Contact hypersensitivity is a form of delayed-type hypersensitivity, a classic T cell–mediated, clinically important phenomenon. Unexpectedly, a new study indicates that natural killer cells may mediate contact hypersensitivity and demonstrate adaptive, memory-like activity.
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