A T cell/B cell/epithelial cell internet for mucosal inflammation and immunity

Springer Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-494

  Fujihashi, Kohtaro ^a   Kweon, Mi Na ^a   Kiyono, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   VanCott, John L ^b   Van Ginkel, Frederick W ^b   Yamamoto, Masafumi ^a   McGhee, Jerry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLONAL ANERGY; ENTERITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFLAMMATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030862979     PISSN: 03444325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00824054     Document Type: Review

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