Antigen specificity of γδ T lymphocytes
- 1 September 1991
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 5 (12) , 2699-2705
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.5.12.1717333
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.Keywords
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