Vaginal type-II mucosa acts as an inductive site for the generation of primary CD8+ T cell mucosal immune responses
journal contribution
posted on 2019-08-08, 00:00authored byY Wang, Y Sui, A Hogg, Jason SteelJason Steel, J Morris, J Berzofsky
It is widely believed that primary immune T cell induction in type-II mucosa (found in vagina, glans penis & esophagus) occurs only in the draining lymph nodes (DLNs) due to a lack of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT).