Intraepithelial lymphocytes: To serve and protect

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-521

  Sheridan, Brian S ^a   Lefrançois, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell; CD8 T cell; Immunologic memory; Intestinal homeostasis; Intraepithelial lymphocyte; Microbial surveillance; Mucosal immunology; T cell migration

Indexed keywords

4 [4 (4' CHLORO 2 BIPHENYLYLMETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] N [4 [3 DIMETHYLAMINO 1 (PHENYLTHIOMETHYL)PROPYLAMINO] 3 NITROBENZENESULFONYL]BENZAMIDE; ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; AMG 714; CD103 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; GSK 1605786; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; NATALIZUMAB; OBATOCLAX; OBLIMERSEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEDOLIZUMAB;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMENSAL; CROHN DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTRAEPITHELIAL LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; MICROORGANISM; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; AUTOIMMUNITY; CADHERINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 78649906561     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-010-0148-6     Document Type: Review

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