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Lymphotoxin signalling in immune homeostasis and the control of microorganisms.
Nature reviews. Immunology - 1 Apr 2013
Upadhyay Vaibhav, Fu Yang-Xin
Abstract excerpt
Lymphotoxin (LT) is a member of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily that was originally thought to be functionally redundant to TNF, but these proteins were later found to have independent roles in driving lymphoid organogenesis. More recently, LT-mediated signalling has been shown to actively contribute to effector immune responses. LT regulates dendritic cell and CD4(+) T cell homeostasis in the steady...
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