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Roquin differentiates the specialized functions of duplicated T cell costimulatory receptor genes CD28 and ICOS.
Immunity - 20 Feb 2009
Linterman Michelle A, Rigby Robert J, Wong Raphael, Silva Diego, Withers David, Anderson Graham, Verma Naresh K, Brink Robert, Hutloff Andreas, Goodnow Chris C, Vinuesa Carola G
Abstract excerpt
During evolutionary adaptation in the immune system, host defense is traded off against autoreactivity. Signals through the costimulatory receptor CD28 enable T cells to respond specifically to pathogens, whereas those through the related costimulatory receptor, ICOS, which arose by gene duplicat...
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