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Abstract
The intraepithelial lymphoid cells of chicken small intestine were studied by light microscopy using 1 mu Epon sections, and by electron microscopy. Three cell types were found: small lymphocytes, large lymphoid cells, and granular cells. These cells correspond to the theliolymphocytes and globule leucocytes of previous authors. The numbers of all cell types increased with age. Correlation was found between the number of small lymphocytes and large lymphoid cells, but not between granular cells and either of the other two. A hypothesis is proposed, assigning these cells with a function in mucosal immunity.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1175214 DOI: 10.1007/bf00224139
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Tissue Res ISSN: 0302-766X Impact factor: 5.249