Direct stimulation of T cells by type I IFN enhances the CD8+ T cell response during cross-priming.

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Published in J Immunol on April 15, 2006

Authors

Agnes Le Bon1, Vanessa Durand, Elisabeth Kamphuis, Clare Thompson, Silvia Bulfone-Paus, Cornelia Rossmann, Ulrich Kalinke, David F Tough

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1: The Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research, Compton, United Kingdom.

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