Immunology of the Human Nail Apparatus: The Nail Matrix Is a Site of Relative Immune Privilege
Immunology of the Human Nail Apparatus: The Nail Matrix Is a Site of Relative Immune Privilege
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Danvers, MA: Elsevier Inc
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English
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Danvers, MA: Elsevier Inc
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The nail apparatus is constantly exposed to environmental damage. It requires effective immune responses to combat infection, while avoiding the loss of nail production and regeneration by autoaggressive immunity. By immunohistology, we define here previously unknown characteristics of the normal human nail immune system (NIS). Compared with other...
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Immunology of the Human Nail Apparatus: The Nail Matrix Is a Site of Relative Immune Privilege
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68896116
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68896116
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0022-202X
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1523-1747
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10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23927.x
