Regulation of lymphocyte trafficking to the human gut in physiology and disease
Memory T cell recruitment to the non-lymphoid tissue of the intestine (the gut lamina propria) requires the interactions between integrin a4B7 and its ligand Mucosal Addressin Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1), which is exclusively expressed in the gut microvasculature. T cell homing to small inte...
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Imperial College London
2012
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544302 |