Disappearing T Regs (VIDEO)

Rockefeller University

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When researchers tracked calming immune cells, known as T regs, they found these cells (red) usually stayed in the tissue below the single-cell lining (blue) of the gut, and when they did enter the lining, many did not return.

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Laboratory of Mucosal Immunity at The Rockefeller University/Science

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