Role of invariant natural killer t cells in patients with tonsillar hypertrophy: the tonsil as an immunological organ

Affiliations

• ¹ Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
• ² Birjand University of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Department of Ears, Nose, and Throat, Birjand, Iran.
• ³ Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
• ⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
• ⁶ Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.