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Review
. 1982 Mar;20(3):125-38.

[The functional importance of the intestinal immune system. A review. 1. Orthology (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
H F Otto, J O Gebbers, J A Laissue
  • PMID: 6177112
Review

[The functional importance of the intestinal immune system. A review. 1. Orthology (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
H F Otto et al. Z Gastroenterol. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

The functional importance of the intestinal immune system will be shown in the following report. The secretory immune system, the pool of T-lymphocytes, the K-(killer-) and NK-(natural killer-) cells, the accessory cell-system (macrophages, mast cells, granulocytes), the so-called homing and the intestinal antigenabsorption will be described and discussed.

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