Memory-phenotype CD4+ T cells spontaneously generated under steady-state conditions exert innate TH1-like effector function

Science Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Kawabe, Takeshi ^a   Jankovic, Dragana ^a   Kawabe, Shuko ^a   Huang, Yuefeng ^a   Lee, Ping Hsien ^a   Yamane, Hidehiro ^a   Zhu, Jinfang ^a   Sher, Alan ^a   Germain, Ronald N ^a   Paul, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aam9304     Document Type: Article

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