IL-21 enhances tumor rejection through a NKG2D-dependent mechanism.

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Published in J Immunol on August 15, 2005

Authors

Rayna Takaki1, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Andrew Nelson, Pallavur V Sivakumar, Steven Hughes, Mark J Smyth, Lewis L Lanier

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and The Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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