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Nature Immunology 8, 229 - 230 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ni0307-229

Vitamins in control of lymphocyte migration

Reina E Mebius1

  1. Reina E. Mebius is in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Vrij Universiteit Medical Center, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e-mail: r.mebius@vumc.nl


Localized vitamin metabolism by dendritic cells generates homing cues that direct lymphocytes to specific tissues. Gut tropism is linked to vitamin A and now epidermal skin tropism is linked to vitamin D processing.

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