Role of CCL25/CCR9 in immune homeostasis and disease

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 759-773

  Svensson, Marcus ^a   Agace, William W ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CCL25; CCR9; Chemokine; Chemokine receptor; Dendritic cell; Homing; Inflammatory bowel disease; Small intestine; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872589266     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2.5.759     Document Type: Review

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