Quorum-Sensing in CD4(+) T Cell Homeostasis: A Hypothesis and a Model.

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Published in Front Immunol on May 25, 2012

Authors

Afonso R M Almeida1, Inês F Amado, Joseph Reynolds, Julien Berges, Grant Lythe, Carmen Molina-París, Antonio A Freitas

Author Affiliations

1: Immunobiology Unit, Institute for Molecular Medicine Lisboa, Portugal.

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