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Gammadelta T Cells: Unconventional T Cells Involved in IBD Pathogenesis

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  1. Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway

    Ignacio Catalan-Serra

  2. Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Ignacio Catalan-Serra & Arne Kristian Sandvik

  3. Research Unit, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain

    Juan Carlos Andreu-Ballester

  4. Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Torunn Bruland

  5. Clinic of Medicine, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Torunn Bruland

  6. Department of Gastroenterology, St. Olav’s Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

    Arne Kristian Sandvik

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Catalan-Serra, I., Andreu-Ballester, J.C., Bruland, T. et al. Gammadelta T Cells: Unconventional T Cells Involved in IBD Pathogenesis. Dig Dis Sci 63, 1977–1979 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5059-7

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