On the front lines: Intraepithelial lymphocytes as primary effecters of intestinal immunity

Springer Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 463-475

  Lefrançois, Leo ^a   Fuller, Barbara ^a   Huleatt, James W ^a   Olson, Sara ^a   Puddington, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; LYMPHOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SELECTION; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE VILLUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030862719     PISSN: 03444325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00824053     Document Type: Review

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