Intraepithelial lymphocytes: Origins, distribution, and function

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-254

  Beagley, Kenneth W ^a   Husband, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Cytotoxicity; Extra thymic; Intestine; Intraepithelial lymphocyte; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPITHELIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; SKIN EPITHELIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UROTHELIUM;

CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031394048     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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