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Nature Medicine 12, 1358-1359 (1 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/nm1206-1358;

Skin controls immune regulators

Tomoyuki Yamaguchi & Shimon Sakaguchi

The skin is constantly exposed to environmental stimuli that may disturb immunological homeostasis. Ultraviolet exposure to the skin, for example, is immunosuppressive as it can treat psoriasis, a possible autoimmune disease in the skin.

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