Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 275-284.e4 , January 2010

A Functional Role for CCR6 on Proallergic T Cells in the Gastrointestinal Tract

  • Ana Belén Blázquez

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Adina Kay Knight

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Hoheteberhan Getachew

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Jonathan S. Bromberg

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Sergio A. Lira

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Lloyd Mayer

      Affiliations

    • Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • M. Cecilia Berin

      Affiliations

    • Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: M. Cecilia Berin, PhD, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Box 1198, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029

Received 14 April 2009 ,Accepted 11 September 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by NIH funds DK071576 and AI044236, EPA grant R834064, support from the Food Allergy Initiative (to M.C.B.), and by a fellowship from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (to A.B.B.).

PII: S0016-5085(09)01657-6

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.09.016

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages 275-284.e4 , January 2010

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