γδ T cells: Functional plasticity and heterogeneity

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 336-345

  Carding, Simon R ^a   Egan, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; AUTOANTIGEN;

ALPHA BETA T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; INFECTION; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0036582288     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri797     Document Type: Review

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