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Recently discovered T cell subsets cannot keep their commitments.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Aug 2009
Strom Terry B, Koulmanda Maria
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After activation by antigen/MHC (signal 1) and CD28-dependent co-stimulation (signal 2), resting CD4(+) T cells commit to one of a variety of functionally and molecularly defined phenotypes. Two long established CD4 phenotypes, Th1 and Th2 cells, have been regarded as terminally differentiated formats. Recently, two additional phenotypes, tissue-protective regulatory (Tregs) and tissue-destructive Th17 T cells,...
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