Distribution of CD4pos -, CD8pos - And regulatory T cells in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract in healthy young subjects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tauschmann, Martin ^a   Prietl, Barbara ^a   Treiber, Gerlies ^a   Gorkiewicz, Gregor ^a   Kump, Patrizia ^a   Högenauer, Christoph ^a   Pieber, Thomas R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; DUODENOSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GASTRIC CORPUS; GASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892986449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080362     Document Type: Article

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