title: Is there a role for gamma delta T cells in malaria?
abstract: Peripheral blood lymphocytes of the V gamma 9+ family of gamma delta T cells proliferate vigorously in response to Plasmodium falciparum. In this brief article, Jean Langhorne and colleagues discuss this response and assess the possible role of gamma delta T cells in the pathogenesis of malaria.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Langhorne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Behr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dubois
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D006224:Cricetinae; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta