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Necrotising enterocolitis is characterised by disrupted immune regulation and diminished mucosal regulatory (FOXP3)/effector (CD4, CD8) T cell ratios

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2012

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Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, Tatsuki Koyama, Michael T. Rock, Hernán Correa, Jeremy A. Goettel, Pranathi Matta, Kyra Oswald‐Richter, Michael J. Rosen, Brian G. Engelhardt, Daniel J. Moore,
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Abstract

The proportion of lamina propria Treg is significantly reduced in the ileum of premature infants with NEC and may contribute to the excessive inflammatory state of this disease.

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