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Phenotypic and molecular characterization of CD103+ CD4+ T cells in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with interstitial lung diseases.
Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry - 1 Jul 2003
Braun Ruedi K, Foerster Martin, Grahmann P Reinhard, Haefner Daniela, Workalemahu Grefachew, Kroegel Claus
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The integrin CD103 is preferentially expressed on intraepithelial T lymphocytes, and cells expressing this integrin may play a regulatory role in the microenvironment of the epithelial cell layer. METHODS: The relative number of CD103(+)/CD4(+) T cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage was significantly elevated in all patients diagnosed with interstitial lung diseases compared with patients with other...
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