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In multiple sclerosis, the body's own immune cells attack the brain and spinal cord. But how they get there from peripheral tissues has been a mystery. Surprisingly, the lungs might be a key transit point. See Letter p.675

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Figure 1: Autoimmune cells transit the airways.

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  1. Richard M. Ransohoff is at the Neuroinflammation Research Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.,

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Ransohoff, R. Licensed in the lungs. Nature 488, 595–596 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/488595a

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