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Fleiss ''et al''. noted the presence of Langerhans cells in the prepuce.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998"/> De Witte ''et al''. (2007) have discovered that Langerhans cells produce Langerin, which is a "natural barrier to HIV infection".<ref>{{REFjournal | |||
|last=de Witte | |||
|first=Lot | |||
|first2=Alexey | |||
|last2=Nabatov | |||
|first3=Marjorie | |||
|last3=Pion | |||
|first4=Donna | |||
|last4=Fluitsma | |||
|first5=Marein A.W.P. | |||
|last5=de Jong | |||
|first6=Tanja | |||
|last6=de Gruijl | |||
|first7=Vincent | |||
|last7=Piguet | |||
|first8=Yvette | |||
|last8=van Kooyk | |||
|first9=Teunis B.H. | |||
|last9=Geijtenbeek | |||
|title=Langerin is a natural barrier to HIV-1 transmission by Langerhans cells | |||
|journal=Nature Medicine | |||
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|issue= | |||
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|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nm1541 | |||
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|pubmedID=17334373 | |||
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|DOI=10.1038/nm1541 | |||
|date=2007-03-04 | |||
|accessdate=2011-06-28 | |||
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