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Un papel inmunológico para la cadena beta CD8 de CD8.

C J Wheeler1, P von Hoegen, J R Parnes

  • 1Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.

Nature
|May 21, 1992
PubMed
Resumen

La cadena beta CD8, no solo la cadena alfa, juega un papel crucial en las respuestas de las células T. Este estudio revela que los heterodímeros CD8 alfa beta mejoran la producción de interleucina-2, lo que sugiere una función específica para el componente CD8 beta.

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