Intraepithelial lymphocytes in normal human intestine do not express proteins associated with cytolytic function

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 435-442

  Chott, Andreas ^a,b   Gerdes, Dirk ^a   Spooner, Amy ^a   Mosberger, Isabella ^b   Kummer, J Alain ^c   Ebert, Ellen C ^d   Blumberg, Richard S ^e   Balk, Steven P ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL INTESTINE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030857576     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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