CD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell differentiation

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NameCD8-positive, gamma-delta intraepithelial T cell differentiation
IDGO_0002305
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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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