Decrease of peripheral and intestinal NKG2A-positive T cells in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Decrease of peripheral and intestinal NKG2A-positive T cells in patients with ulcerative colitis.

To investigate the role of inhibitory natural killer receptors (iNKRs) in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we analyzed the expression of NKG2A, one of the iNKRs, on T cells in a mouse colitis model and human IBD. During the active phase of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mouse colitis, the fre...

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Main Authors: Takehiko Katsurada, Waka Kobayashi, Utano Tomaru, Tomohisa Baba, Shigeru Furukawa, Akihiro Ishizu, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Naoya Sakamoto, Masahiro Asaka, Hiroshi Takeda, Masanori Kasahara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3435414?pdf=render

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