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Homeostasis of αβ TCR+ T cells

  • Philippa Marrack*
  • , Jeremy Bender
  • , David Hildeman
  • , Michael Jordan
  • , Tom Mitchell
  • , Masaaki Murakami
  • , Akemi Sakamoto
  • , Brian C. Schaefer
  • , Bradley Swanson
  • , John Kappler
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Cytokines contribute to T cell homeostasis at all stages of T cell existence. However, the particular cytokine involved varies as T cells progress from a naïve through an activated to a memory state. In many cases the important cytokines are members of the interleukin 2 subfamily of the short-chain type 1 cytokines. A case is made for the idea that the evolutionary divergence of the short-chain family allowed for concurrent divergence in leukocytes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)107-111
Number of pages5
JournalNature Immunology
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2000
Externally publishedYes

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