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Isolation and Th17 Differentiation of Naïve CD4 T Lymphocytes
Published on: September 26, 2013
Therapeutic potential of targeting IL-17
Sarah A Jones1, Caroline E Sutton, Daniel Cua
1School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Nature Immunology
|October 20, 2012
Abstract:
A June 2012 meeting in Dublin, Ireland, showcased advances in the understanding of the role of IL-17 and related cytokines in host immunity and how these cytokines have been successfully targeted for the treatment of autoimmunity.
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