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Expansion of Human Peripheral Blood γδ T Cells using Zoledronate
Published on: September 9, 2011
Antigen specificity of gamma delta T lymphocytes
W K Born1, R L O'Brien, R L Modlin
1Department of Medicine, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Abstract:
gamma delta T cells represent a new lymphocyte subset without a definitive functional assignment. Although in many ways similar to alpha beta T lymphocytes, they are clearly distinguished by their expression of a different set of T cell receptor genes, a different distribution in normal tissues, and perhaps also different ligand specificities. Because gamma delta T cells appear to be involved in a variety of human diseases, the determination of their biological role has become an important challenge for immunologists and researchers in related areas.
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