Human breast milk T lymphocytes display the phenotype and functional characteristics of memory T cells.

doi:10.1002/eji.1830200838

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Human breast milk T lymphocytes display the phenotype and functional characteristics of memory T cells.

European journal of immunology - 1 Aug 1990

Bertotto A, Gerli R, Fabietti G, Crupi S, Arcangeli C, Scalise F, Vaccaro R

Abstract excerpt

Naive (unsensitized) and memory (antigen-primed) T cells can be phenotypically distinguished on the basis of the high or low intensity with which they express a number of immunologically relevant lymphocyte membrane antigens, including CD45R, CDw29, UCHL1, LFA-1, LFA-3, CD2 and Pgp-1. Here we rep...

Topics

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Cell Division
Female
Humans
Immunologic Memory
Interferon-gamma
Milk, Human
Phenotype
Phytohemagglutinins
T-Lymphocytes

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