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"textContent": "Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized immune surveillance structures in the skin. Found within hair follicles, the cells resemble M (microfold) cells—specialized epithelial cells traditionally associated with the gut and airway tissues.",
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