Human colonic intra-epithelial lymphocytes are suppressor cells.
Human colonic intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IEL) suppress the proliferation of autologous lamina propria lymphocytes, but not autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells, when stimulated with phytohaemagglutinin. This suppressor function is mediated by a CD8-dependent soluble factor and is not rel...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1991
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