The surface epithelium of recurrent infected palatine tonsils is rich in γδ T cells

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-47

  Olofsson, K ^b   Hellstrom S ^b   Hammarstrom M L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

; Immunomorphometry; Intraepithelial; Lymphocytes; Palatine; T cells; Tonsils; Usage; V gene

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; PALATINE TONSILLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECURRENT INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0031950701     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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