T cell traffic signals

J Exp Med. 2005 Aug 15;202(4):460. doi: 10.1084/jem.2024fta.

Abstract

In 1990, Charles Mackay and colleagues combined classical physiology with modern molecular biology to provide the first concrete evidence that naive and memory T cells follow distinct migratory routes out of the bloodstream--a discovery that helped invigorate the field of lymphocyte homing.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Movement / immunology*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Memory*
  • Lymphocyte Activation / immunology*
  • Molecular Biology / history
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*