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=== Declining function during ageing === During ageing the capacity of Langerhans cells to migrate declines.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Lower levels of interleukin-1Ξ² gene expression are associated with impaired Langerhans' cell migration in aged human skin |journal = Immunology|volume = 153|issue = 1|pages = 60β70|pmc = 5721243|pmid = 28777886|doi = 10.1111/imm.12810|display-authors=etal|first = S|last = Pilkington|year=2018}}</ref> This compromises immunity and exposes the skin to infectious diseases and cancer.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
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