Name | CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell differentiation |
ID | GO_0002305 |
collection_id | Biological process |
Exact synonym | CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T lymphocyte differentiation, CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T-cell differentiation, CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T-lymphocyte differentiation |
Description | The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell. Intraepithelial T cells are found among epithelial cells in mucosal areas and have distinct phenotypes and developmental pathways. |
Related synonym | CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell development |
Comment | Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'. |
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