Bone Marrow T Cells at the Center Stage in Immunological Memory

• Main Author: Francesca Di Rosa (auth)
• Other Authors: Tania H. Watts (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Homing; Cytokines; niches; Memory; Homeostasis; T cells; Bone Marrow; osteoimmunology; Cancer; graft versus host disease
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Increasing evidence supports the notion that bone marrow (BM) represents a relevant player in T cell responses, particularly in its role as a specialized organ for long-term memory. Memory T cells are enriched in the BM over long times after priming, and can be recruited to the periphery upon antige...