NPJ Regenerative Medicine
Some immune cells hindered digit-tip regrowth in mice
Cell-transfer experiments in mice lacking lymphoid immune cells found that regulatory immune cells rescued regeneration inhibited by another immune-cell type.Cell-transfer experiments in mice lacking lymphoid immune cells found that regulatory immune cells rescued regeneration inhibited by another immune-cell type.
Mouse studyImmune response
Who was studiedMice lacking lymphoid immune cells, against mice receiving CD8 T cells
What changedCD4 T-cell transfer inhibited digit-tip regrowth in lymphoid-deficient mice; CD8 T-cell transfer did not
The catchThe experiments did not measure how aging affects digit-tip regeneration