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SUBMITTER: Laouar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1444945 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laouar Amale A Haridas Viraga V Vargas Dorothy D Zhinan Xia X Chaplin David D van Lier Rene A W RA Manjunath N N
Nature immunology 20050605 7
One unresolved issue in gut immunity is how mucosal T lymphocytes are activated and which antigen-presenting cell (APC) is critical for the regulation of this process. We have identified a unique population of APCs that is exclusively localized in the lamina propria. These APCs constitutively expressed the costimulatory molecule CD70 and had antigen-presenting functions. After oral infection of mice with Listeria monocytogenes, proliferation and differentiation of antigen-specific T cells occurr ...[more]