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Help to go: T cells transfer CD40L to antigen-presenting B cells

Michael L Dustin1

  • 1Nuffield Department of Orthopedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, , Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, The University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom.

European Journal of Immunology
|December 23, 2016
PubMed
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Keywords:
CD40 ligand (CD40L, CD154)CostimulationCytokinesExosomesImmunological synapseJuxtracrineMembrane transferParacrineT-cell help

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