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Age-associated increase in number of CD4+CD8+ intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes in rats.
European journal of immunology - 1 Jan 1992
Takimoto H, Nakamura T, Takeuchi M, Sumi Y, Tanaka T, Nomoto K, Yoshikai Y
Abstract excerpt
A significant number of CD4+CD8+ T cells were detected in intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) of various strains of rats including Wistar, WKA, BN, LEW and F344. The site of the CD4+CD8+ population in IEL increased with age in all strains we examined. Most IEL bearing CD8 expressed no CD5 antigen in young rats, while all CD4+CD8+ IEL and some of CD8+ IEL in aged rats were of CD5+CD45RB- phenotype. In...
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