The cell surface receptor SLAM controls T cell and macrophage functions.

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Published in J Exp Med on May 03, 2004

Authors

Ninghai Wang1, Abhay Satoskar, William Faubion, Duncan Howie, Susumu Okamoto, Stefan Feske, Charles Gullo, Kareem Clarke, Miriam Rodriguez Sosa, Arlene H Sharpe, Cox Terhorst

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Immunology, RE-204, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 41 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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