γδ T cells represent a major spontaneously cytotoxic cell population in the chicken

Volume: 73, Pages: 175 - 183
Published: Aug 1, 2017
Abstract
Natural killer cells in the chicken are mainly confined to the intestine, while only small frequencies are detectable in spleen, lung and blood. Here, we compared the spontaneous cytotoxicity of lymphocytes isolated from blood, spleen and intestine using a flow cytometric based cytotoxicity assay. There was no spontaneous cytotoxicity detected in chicken blood preparations. In contrast, freshly prepared splenocytes exhibited a spontaneous...
Paper Details
Title
γδ T cells represent a major spontaneously cytotoxic cell population in the chicken
Published Date
Aug 1, 2017
Volume
73
Pages
175 - 183
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