Article
Phenotype and function of lamina propria T lymphocytes.
Immunologic research - 1 Jan 1991
Zeitz M, Schieferdecker H L, Ullrich R, Jahn H U, James S P, Riecken E O
Abstract excerpt
Lamina propria T cells have a low expression of the CD45RA antigen and a high expression of the CD45RO antigen. This phenotype is characteristic for memory T cells (table 2). In addition, T cells in the effector compartment of the mucosa bear surface antigens which are very rarely found in other sites of the immune system. Intestinal T cells also express functional IL-2 receptors and IL-2 receptor alpha chain...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
- T-Lymphocytes