γδ T cell subsets: A link between TCR and function?

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 193-198

  O'Brien, Rebecca L ^a,b   Born, Willi K ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

T cells; T cell receptor; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR10; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954657540     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.03.006     Document Type: Review

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