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Genetic control of NKT cell numbers.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Jun 2004
Jordan Margaret A, Fletcher Julie, Baxter Alan G
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NKT cells play a critical role in shaping the character and strength of a wide range of immune responses, including those against pathogens, tumours, allografts and autologous tissues. Because numbers of NKT cells affect clinical outcomes in a wide range of disease models, and this characteristic demonstrates allelic variation, the mapping of the locations and identification of the coding sequences of these genes...
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