Inducible lymphoid tissues in the adult gut: Recapitulation of a fetal developmental pathway?

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 413-420

  Eberl, Gérard ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL FLORA; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE CRYPT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; PEYER'S PATCHES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 18844455031     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1600     Document Type: Review

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