Invariant natural killer T cells developing in the human fetus accumulate and mature in the small intestine

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1233-1243

  Loh, L ^a,c,d   Ivarsson, M A ^b   Michaelsson J ^b   Sandberg, J K ^b   Nixon, D F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; CD1D ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; CD161 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; L SELECTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVARIANT NATURAL KILLER T CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROFLORA; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PEYER PATCH; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPHOCYTES; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS;

EID: 84906330152     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2014.13     Document Type: Article

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