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Your nose has its own army of immune cells — here’s how it protects you

Detailed profile of the immune cells in the upper airway could help to improve nasal vaccines.
  1. Max Kozlov
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The nose is home to a host of long-lived immune cells that stand ready to fend off viral and bacterial infections, according to the most detailed look yet at the immune players that make up the first line of defence for the lungs1.

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Nature 632, 242 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02503-5

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  1. Ramirez, S. I. et al. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07748-8 (2024).

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