Article
Enhanced cytolytic activity of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes in patients with Crohn's disease.
Langenbeck's archives of surgery - 1 Apr 2000
Nüssler N C, Stange B, Hoffman R A, Schraut W H, Bauer A J, Neuhaus P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Dysfunction of the immune system with inappropriate responses of lymphocytes to various antigens has been implicated in the development of Crohn's disease. Therefore, the functional and phenotypic characteristics of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in comparison to peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) were analyzed in patients with and without Crohn's disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:...
Topics
- Case-Control Studies
- Crohn Disease
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
