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. 1991 Jun;84(3):440–444.

Gamma delta T cell receptor-positive cells of the human gastrointestinal mucosa: occurrence and V region gene expression in Heliobacter pylori-associated gastritis, coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease.

L K Trejdosiewicz 1, A Calabrese 1, C J Smart 1, D J Oakes 1, P D Howdle 1, J E Crabtree 1, M S Losowsky 1, F Lancaster 1, A W Boylston 1
PMCID: PMC1535443  PMID: 1828397

Abstract

T cells expressing the gamma delta heterodimer of the T cell receptor (TCR) were studied with respect to their occurrence and expression of gamma delta TCR variable region (V) genes in the normal gastrointestinal mucosa and in a variety of inflammatory conditions. In controls, gamma delta TCR+ cells were a minority population confined to the epithelial compartment of stomach, small bowel and colonic mucosae. Unlike in the periphery, gastro-intestinal gamma delta TCR+ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) were mainly V delta 1+ (89.98 +/- 17.70%); few were V delta 2+ (6.04 +/- 13.8%) or V gamma 9+ (11.38 +/- 10.73%). All gamma delta TCR+ IEL were CD5low; nearly half were CD8+ and the remainder were CD4-CD8- 'double negatives'. There was no significant change from normal in percentages of gamma delta TCR+ IEL in H. pylori-associated gastritis, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. However, in coeliac disease, gamma delta TCR+ IEL were elevated from 2.54% (+/- 1.71) in controls to 29.6% (+/- 16.1) in untreated patients (P less than 0.001) and 18.5% (+/- 7.2) in treated patients (P less than 0.001) and more were CD4-CD8-. Otherwise, gamma delta TCR+ IEL phenotypes were little changed: the majority remained V delta 1+V delta 2-V gamma 9- and all were CD5low. These data suggest that increased gamma delta TCR+ IEL are not a generalized response to intestinal inflammation or to stress proteins, although the typical V delta 1+V delta 2-V gamma 9- CD5low phenotype is retained.

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