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Functional role of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-7 in the development of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.
Blood - 15 Jan 1999
Kumaki S, Ishii N, Minegishi M, Tsuchiya S, Cosman D, Sugamura K, Konno T
Abstract excerpt
X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) is characterized by an absent or diminished number of T cells and natural-killer (NK) cells with a normal or elevated number of B cells, and results from mutations of the gammac chain. The gammac chain is shared by interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, and IL-15 receptors. Recently, a survival signal through the IL-7 receptor alpha (IL-7Ralpha) chain was shown...
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