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In the lamina propria of the jejunum the median density of gamma\/delta+ cells was significantly (p less than 0.001) greater in untreated patients with dermatitis herpetiformis than in control subjects (114 v 36 cells\/mm2) and similar to that found in the patients with coeliac disease (115 cells\/mm2). The difference in gamma\/delta+ cell density between patients with dermatitis herpetiformis and control subjects was much greater in the surface epithelium of the jejunum: the median density for 14 untreated patients with dermatitis herpetiformis was 39 cells\/mm, for seven patients with dermatitis herpetiformis on a gluten free diet 34 cells\/mm, and for control subjects 2 cells\/mm; the coeliac patients had the same density as the patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (45 cells\/mm). The higher density of cells bearing the alpha\/delta T cell receptor in the epithelium (median 77 cells\/mm) of untreated patients with dermatitis herpetiformis was associated with a gluten containing diet; in specimens taken from patients with dermatitis herpetiformis on a gluten free diet the median density was similar to that in the control subjects (44 v 39 cells\/mm). The increase in the number of lymphocytes bearing the T cell receptor gamma\/delta, particularly in the epithelium of the jejunum, seems to be a constant marker for these closely related diseases, whereas the density of alpha\/delta+ T cells is dependent on the diet.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.33.2.206","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,18]],"date-time":"2007-09-18T17:41:31Z","timestamp":1190137291000},"page":"206-211","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":86,"title":["Increase of lymphocytes bearing the gamma\/delta T cell receptor in the jejunum of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis."],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"E","family":"Savilahti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"T","family":"Reunala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"M\u00e4ki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1992,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1038\/322179a0","article-title":"A functional T3 molecule associated with a novel heterodimer on the surface of immature human thymoctyes","volume":"322","author":"Bank, I.; Depinho, R.A.; Brenner, M.B.","year":"1986","unstructured":"Bank I, Depinho RA, Brenner MB, et al. 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