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Differential appearance of T cell subsets in the large and small intestine of neonatal mice.
Pediatric research - 1 Apr 2001
Kuo S, El Guindy A, Panwala C M, Hagan P M, Camerini V
Abstract excerpt
We examined the appearance of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) during the first 12 wk of life to gain insight into postnatal factors that contribute to the differences found between IEL in the large and small intestines of adult mice. Intestinal T cells were very infrequent at birth, but increased in number in the large and small intestine during the first 4 wk of life and then stabilized. The small...
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