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Tissue-adapted NK cells shape pathogenic cDC1 niches in early arthritis
O Knight, Chiara Giordano, Anne Sae Lim von Stuckrad…·Chiara Romagnani
The paper identifies NK cells as key orchestrators of adaptive immune niches in early arthritis by upregulating XCL1, which recruits XCR1+ cDC1s, forming pathogenic modules that correlate with disease severity.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.01.716870