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Protection of the intestinal mucosa by intraepithelial gamma delta T cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Oct 2002
Chen Yaping, Chou Kevin, Fuchs Elaine, Havran Wendy L, Boismenu Richard
Abstract excerpt
gammadelta intraepithelial T lymphocytes (IEL) represent a major T cell population within the intestine of unclear functional relevance. The role of intestinal gammadelta IEL was evaluated in the dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) induced mouse colitis model system. Large numbers of gammadelta T cells, but not alphabeta T cells, were localized at sites of DSS-induced epithelial cell damage. gammadelta IEL in DSS...
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