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Macrophages make the bed for early iNKT cells

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Colonization of the mucosal tissues by iNKT cells was thought to be linked to the first contact with the environment. New research demonstrates that this process is regulated by and dependent on embryonic macrophages.

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Fig. 1: Colon iNKT cell expansion in early life is dependent on embryonic macrophages.

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  1. Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France

    Léo Bertrand, Amine Toubal & Agnès Lehuen

  2. Laboratoire d’Excellence Inflamex, Paris, France

    Léo Bertrand, Amine Toubal & Agnès Lehuen

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Bertrand, L., Toubal, A. & Lehuen, A. Macrophages make the bed for early iNKT cells. Nat Immunol 22, 681–682 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-00938-w

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