Human thymus medullary epithelial cells promote regulatory T-cell generation by stimulating interleukin-2 production via ICOS ligand.

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Published in Cell Death Dis on September 11, 2014

Authors

D Nazzal1, A Gradolatto1, F Truffault1, J Bismuth1, S Berrih-Aknin1

Author Affiliations

1: 1] INSERM U974, Paris, France [2] CNRS FRE3617, Paris, France [3] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UM76, Paris, France [4] AIM, Institut de Myologie, Paris, France.

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