Airway epithelial cells are crucial for mucosal and adaptive immunity as they produce mucins that trap and clear inhaled particulates by mucociliary activity, and also secrete diverse inflammatory med
The epithelium of the intestine functions as the primary “frontline” physical barrier for protection from enteric microbiota. Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) distributed along the intestinal epithe
Purified NK cells from human intratumoral and peritumoral tissues tissues were first enriched by MACS using NK Cell Isolation Kit (Miltenyi Biotec, German) and CD96+/- hepatic NK cells were isolated b
∧CF pulmonary exacerbation versus CF stable, $CF stable versus Non-CF. *After exclusion of MAIT and γ/δ T-cells. Values expressed as percentage of parent population, Median (interquartile range). Sign
aPeripheral immune organs were obtained as described in FIGURE 5. The results are expressed as mean values ± SE of (a) percentages of gated CD45+ cells or (b) number of cells (blood ×103/µl; organ ×10
