Hair follicles: gatekeepers to the epidermis.
Substantial depletion of Langerhans cells leads to their replenishment by bone marrow–derived precursors that access the epidermis through hair follicles, a site of crucial chemokine production.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
William R
WR
Heath
Scott N
SN
Mueller
D000818:Animals; D018925:Chemokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological
D018925:Chemokines