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The biology of IL-12: coordinating innate and adaptive immune responses.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews - 1 Oct 2003
Watford Wendy T, Moriguchi Masato, Morinobu Akio, O'Shea John J
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Cytokines play critical roles in regulating all aspects of immune responses, including lymphoid development, homeostasis, differentiation, tolerance and memory. Interleukin (IL)-12 is especially important because its expression during infection regulates innate responses and determines the type and duration of adaptive immune response. IL-12 induces interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production by NK, T cells,...
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