Synergy of IL-21 and IL-15 in regulating CD8+ T cell expansion and function.

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Published in J Exp Med on January 03, 2005

Authors

Rong Zeng1, Rosanne Spolski, Steven E Finkelstein, SangKon Oh, Panu E Kovanen, Christian S Hinrichs, Cynthia A Pise-Masison, Michael F Radonovich, John N Brady, Nicholas P Restifo, Jay A Berzofsky, Warren J Leonard

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1: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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