Decrease of Peripheral and Intestinal NKG2A-Positive T Cells in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Takehiko Katsurada; Waka Kobayashi; Utano Tomaru; Tomohisa Baba; Shigeru Furukawa; Akihiro Ishizu; Kazuyoshi Takeda; Naoya Sakamoto; Masahiro Asaka; Hiroshi Takeda; Masanori Kasahara

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044113

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Decrease of Peripheral and Intestinal NKG2A-Positive T Cells in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Takehiko Katsurada ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takehiko Katsurada, Waka Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Waka Kobayashi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Takehiko Katsurada, Waka Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Utano Tomaru ,

* E-mail: tomaruu@med.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Tomohisa Baba,

Current address: Division of Molecular Bioregulation, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Shigeru Furukawa,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Akihiro Ishizu,

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Kazuyoshi Takeda,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Naoya Sakamoto,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Masahiro Asaka,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Hiroshi Takeda,

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Masanori Kasahara

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Decrease of Peripheral and Intestinal NKG2A-Positive T Cells in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Takehiko Katsurada,
Waka Kobayashi,
Utano Tomaru,
Tomohisa Baba,
Shigeru Furukawa,
Akihiro Ishizu,
Kazuyoshi Takeda,
Naoya Sakamoto,
Masahiro Asaka,
Hiroshi Takeda

Published: September 6, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044113

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