CD8αα TCRαβ Intraepithelial Lymphocytes in the Mouse Gut

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1451-1460

  Qiu, Yuan ^a   Peng, Ke ^a   Liu, Minqiang ^a   Xiao, Weidong ^a   Yang, Hua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; CD8 ; Cytokine; Intraepithelial lymphocytes; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN, ALPHA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CD8 ALPHA ALPHA INTRAEPITHELIAL LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; COMMENSAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET; ENTERITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA BETA INTRAEPITHELIAL LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 84954320516     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-015-4016-y     Document Type: Review

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