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Both integrated and differential regulation of components of the IL-2/IL-2 receptor system.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews - 1 Oct 2006
Kim Hyoung Pyo, Imbert Jean, Leonard Warren J
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-2 was discovered in 1976 as a T-cell growth factor. It was the first type I cytokine cloned and the first for which a receptor component was cloned. Its importance includes its multiple actions, therapeutic potential, and lessons for receptor biology, with three components differentially combining to form high, intermediate, and low-affinity receptors. IL-2Ralpha and IL-2Rbeta, respectively, are...
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