Abstract
Recent studies demonstrating the direct involvement of dendritic cells (DC) in the activation of pathogenic T cells in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease identify DC as important antigen presenting cells in the colon. However, very little is known about the properties of colonic DC.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6338-6347 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | World Journal of Gastroenterology |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 40 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Oct 2005 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Colitis
- Colon
- Dendritic Cells
- Interleukin-2
- Macrophages
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes