January 2021
Institution:
Professeur in the Department of Dermatology, Auto-immune and Inflammatory Skin Diseases Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Skin Diseases; Immuns-Dermatology Team, University of Bordeaux, France
Presentation:
“Vitiligo: Looking at the Memory T Cell Response”
Summary:
While vitiligo is associated with complex and combinatorial immune factors, one immune cell subset, called resident memory T cells, received particular attention over the past year. This T cell subset display a memory phenotype, have a distinct transcriptional program and express characteristic cell surface markers, with a major role in vitiligo pathogenesis. Indeed, their role could explain the recurrence of the disease on previously affected anatomic sites. Professeur Seneschal’s talk summarizes current knowledge about resident memory T cells in vitiligo.
Watch his presentation from the Vitiligo International Symposium 2020 (VIS2020).
