Overview of interleukin-2 function, production and clinical applications.

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Published in Cytokine on November 07, 2004

Authors

Sarah L Gaffen1, Kathleen D Liu

Author Affiliations

1: University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Department of Oral Biology and Department of Microbiology, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. sgaffen@buffalo.edu

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