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The T cell subsetting challenge
Natalia R Comet1, Carmen Gerlach2
1Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, and Karolinska University Hospital, and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
Trends in Immunology
|June 17, 2025
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Exploiting specific T cell subset properties bears potential for T cell therapies but is complicated by inconsistencies in T cell subset definitions and markers. Here, we discuss causes for the definition and classification complexities to provide a handle for how to navigate the T cell subset jungle.
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