In morphea, cytotoxic resident memory T cells induce chronic, immunogenic endothelial cell injury via necroptosis.

Crisler, William J; Sohail, Noor; Steuart, Samuel J; Vazquez-Machado, Maria; Mahajan, Arjun; Whittelsey, Maureen; Pickering, Alex; Martinez, Michael J et al. · JCI Insight · 2026

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Chronic skin fibrosis in morphea results from resident memory T cells that kill endothelial cells through inflammatory cell death and sustain injury and scarring.

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