A fundamental role for interleukin-21 in the generation of T follicular helper cells.

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Published in Immunity on July 03, 2008

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Alexis Vogelzang1, Helen M McGuire, Di Yu, Jonathan Sprent, Charles R Mackay, Cecile King

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1: Department of Immunology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia.

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