Is there a role for gamma delta T cells in malaria?
- PMID: 1387316
- DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(92)90041-5
Is there a role for gamma delta T cells in malaria?
Abstract
Peripheral blood lymphocytes of the V gamma 9+ family of gamma delta T cells proliferate vigorously in response to Plasmodium falciparum. In this brief article, Jean Langhorne and colleagues discuss this response and assess the possible role of gamma delta T cells in the pathogenesis of malaria.
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