Immunoregulation in the tissues by γδ T cells

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-242

  Hayday, Adrian ^a   Tigelaar, Robert ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SKIN; T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 0037363585     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1030     Document Type: Review

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