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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Main Authors: Hoang, P, Dalton, H, Jewell, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1991