Lymphocytes bearing the T cell receptor gamma delta in human breast milk.
Open Access
- 1 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 65 (11) , 1274-1275
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.65.11.1274-a
Abstract
Lymphocytes bearing the T cell receptor gamma delta (TCR-gamma delta) were searched for in human early milk lymphocyte suspensions by two colour cytofluorimetric analysis. It was found that the proportion of TCR-gamma delta+ cells was twofold greater in colostrum than in either autologous or heterologous blood samples. Additional studies are needed to determine whether this particular subset of lymphocytes is involved in the lactation transmission of cellular immunity.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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