Role of the gut as a primary lymphoid organ

Immunology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Peaudecerf, Laetitia ^a   Rocha, Benedita ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

CD8 intraepithelial T lymphocyte; Gut; Precursor export; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TETRAMER;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; FOXN1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE 1; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80051790016     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: 18790542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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