title: Vgamma2Vdelta2+ T cells and anti-microbial immune responses.
abstract: Vgamma2Vdelta2(+) T cells exist only in primates and constitute the majority of circulating human gammadelta T cells. Recent studies have demonstrated that this unique gammadelta T cell subpopulation can be a component of adaptive immune responses and contribute to anti-microbial immunity to infections.
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, RE 113/213C, Boston MA 02115, USA. zchen@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Zheng W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Norman L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Letvin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta