High density of intraepithelial γδ lymphocytes and deposits of immunoglobulin (Ig)M anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the jejunum of coeliac patients with IgA deficiency

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Borrelli, M ^a   Maglio, M ^a   Agnese, M ^a   Paparo, F ^a   Gentile, S ^a   Colicchio, B ^a   Tosco, A ^a   Auricchio, R ^a   Troncone, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti transglutaminase antibodies; Coeliac disease; Gamma delta T cells; Immunodeficiency primary; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950649121     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04077.x     Document Type: Article

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