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Peyer's patch lymphocyte

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A lymphocyte that is part of a Peyer's patch. These cells have a major role in driving the immune response to antigens sampled from the intestinal lumen, and in regulating the formation of follicle-associated epithelium and M cells in Peyer's patches by converting intestitial enterocytes into M cells. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23525039 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9252325 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4183-8865 ]

Synonyms: Peyer's patch resident lymphocyte

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-0621

has narrow synonym

small intestine Peyer's patch lymphocyte

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