Interleukin-2 gene variation impairs regulatory T cell function and causes autoimmunity.

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Published in Nat Genet on February 04, 2007

Authors

Jun Yamanouchi1, Dan Rainbow, Pau Serra, Sarah Howlett, Kara Hunter, Valerie E S Garner, Andrea Gonzalez-Munoz, Jan Clark, Riitta Veijola, Rose Cubbon, Show-Ling Chen, Raymond Rosa, Anne Marie Cumiskey, David V Serreze, Simon Gregory, Jane Rogers, Paul A Lyons, Barry Healy, Luc J Smink, John A Todd, Laurence B Peterson, Linda S Wicker, Pere Santamaria

Author Affiliations

1: Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre (JMDRC) and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Inflammation, Infection and Immunity, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.

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