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Spatial and Temporal Control of T Cell Activation Using a Photoactivatable Agonist
Published on: April 25, 2018
A new light on T cell activation shed by a photoactivatable agonist
1Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France; Inserm, U567, Paris, France. trautmann@cochin.inserm.fr
Immunity
|August 1, 2007
Abstract:
Which molecular events control the initiation of a T cell response? In this issue of Immunity, Huse et al. (2007) describe a photoactivatable agonist that will substantially improve our ability to investigate this phenomenon.
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