Selective compartmentalization of γδ-T lymphocytes in human breastmilk

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 890-891

  Lindstrand, A ^a,b   Smedman, L ^a,b   Gunnlaugsson, G ^b   Troye Blomberg, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Homing; Human breastmilk; T cells

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0030859358     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08617.x     Document Type: Article

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