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Immunofluorescent Staining of Globule Leucocytes in the Colon of the Sheep

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THE nature and fate of the globule leucocyte are of particular interest in relation to the immune mechanisms of the gut since it has been shown to increase during helminth infection1 and appears to have certain affinities to plasma cells and Russell's body cells which have been shown to contain antibody2.

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DOBSON, C. Immunofluorescent Staining of Globule Leucocytes in the Colon of the Sheep. Nature 211, 875 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211875a0

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