digestive/alimentary system
• luminal levels of ATP in the small intestine are elevated
• impaired ATP hydrolysing activity in membranes of small intestine epithelial cells
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immune system
• large increase in CD4+ cells in the small intestine lamina propria that express Il-17 but not in other lymphoid tissues
• blockade of ATP action severely reduces Th17 T cell numbers
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• increased resistance to Citrobacter rodentium infection
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hematopoietic system
• large increase in CD4+ cells in the small intestine lamina propria that express Il-17 but not in other lymphoid tissues
• blockade of ATP action severely reduces Th17 T cell numbers
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