Repertoire Development and the Control of Cytotoxic/Effector Function in Human γδ T Cells

T cells develop into two major populations distinguished by their T cell receptor (TCR) chains. Cells with the αβ TCR generally express CD4 or CD8 lineage markers and mostly fall into helper or cytotoxic/effector subsets. Cells expressing the alternate γδ TCR in humans generally do not express linea...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Urban, Andrei I. Chapoval, C. David Pauza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/732893