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Narcissistic helpers

Matthew T. Palmer and Casey T. Weaver
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Matthew T. Palmer: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-2170, USA. cweaver@uab.edu
Casey T. Weaver: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-2170, USA. cweaver@uab.edu

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7152, 416-417

Abstract: T helper-17 cells, which are involved in immune responses, arise from a pool of precursor cells. It emerges that their differentiation is partly mediated by the IL-21 protein, which originates from the helper cells themselves.

Date: 2007
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