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Sputum T lymphocytes in asthma, COPD and healthy subjects have the phenotype of activated intraepithelial T cells (CD69+ CD103+).
Thorax - 1 Jan 2003
Leckie M J, Jenkins G R, Khan J, Smith S J, Walker C, Barnes P J, Hansel T T
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BACKGROUND: T cells of intraepithelial phenotype have previously been detected in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid in a range of lung diseases; these cells express the adhesion molecule alpha(E)beta(7) integrin, CD103, the ligand for epithelial cell E-cadherin. In subjects with asthma CD4+ lymphocytes are the predominant T cell subtype found in bronchial biopsy specimens and in BAL fluid, whereas CD8+...
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