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Microscopic colitis patients have increased proportions of Ki67(+) proliferating and CD45RO(+) active/memory CD8(+) and CD4(+)8(+) mucosal T cells.
Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 1 Oct 2013
Kumawat Ashok Kumar, Strid Hilja, Elgbratt Kristina, Tysk Curt, Bohr Johan, Hultgren Hörnquist Elisabeth
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BACKGROUND: Collagenous colitis (CC) and lymphocytic colitis (LC) are chronic inflammatory bowel disorders of unknown etiology. This study investigated phenotypic characteristics of the mucosal lymphocytes in CC and LC. METHODS: Lamina propria and intraepithelial lymphocytes (LPLs, IELs) isolated from mucosal biopsies from CC (n=7), LC (n=6), as well as LC or CC patients in histopathological remission, (LC-HR)...
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