The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin and the first barrier against invasion.Dendritic epidermal T cells(DETCs)are a subset ofT cells and an important component of the epidermal immune microenvironment.DETCs a...The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin and the first barrier against invasion.Dendritic epidermal T cells(DETCs)are a subset ofT cells and an important component of the epidermal immune microenvironment.DETCs are involved in skin wound healing,malignancy and autoim-mune diseases.DETCs secrete insulin-like growth factor-1 and keratinocyte growth factor for skin homeostasis and re-epithelization and release inflammatory factors to adjust the inflammatory microenvironment of wound healing.Therefore,an understanding of their development,activation and correlative signalling pathways is indispensable for the regulation of DETCs to accelerate wound healing.Our review focuses on the above-mentioned molecular mechanisms to provide a general research framework to regulate and control the function of DETCs.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872742 to WH,31970830 ,81630025 to JH,31800722 to ZM)the Military Medical Science and Technology Youth Cultivation Plan(20QNPY024)+3 种基金the Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province(2018071 to JH)the Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau(201904010090 to JH)the Health Commission of Guangdong Province(A2019520 to JH)a grant from the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(19JCQNJC11400 to ZM).
文摘The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin and the first barrier against invasion.Dendritic epidermal T cells(DETCs)are a subset ofT cells and an important component of the epidermal immune microenvironment.DETCs are involved in skin wound healing,malignancy and autoim-mune diseases.DETCs secrete insulin-like growth factor-1 and keratinocyte growth factor for skin homeostasis and re-epithelization and release inflammatory factors to adjust the inflammatory microenvironment of wound healing.Therefore,an understanding of their development,activation and correlative signalling pathways is indispensable for the regulation of DETCs to accelerate wound healing.Our review focuses on the above-mentioned molecular mechanisms to provide a general research framework to regulate and control the function of DETCs.
