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Mucosal T cells bearing TCRgammadelta play a protective role in intestinal inflammation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jul 2004
Inagaki-Ohara Kyoko, Chinen Takatoshi, Matsuzaki Goro, Sasaki Atsuo, Sakamoto Yukiko, Hiromatsu Kenji, Nakamura-Uchiyama Fukumi, Nawa Yukifumi, Yoshimura Akihiko
Abstract excerpt
Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) bearing TCRgammadelta represent a major T cell population in the murine intestine. However, the role of gammadelta IEL in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) remains controversial. In this study, we show that gammadelta IEL is an important protective T cell population against IBD. gammadelta T cell-deficient (Cdelta(-/-)) mice developed spontaneous colitis with age and...
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