Interleukin-6/STAT3 signaling regulates the ability of naive T cells to acquire B-cell help capacities
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- 12 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 113 (11) , 2426-2433
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-04-154682
Abstract
The conditions leading to the activation/differentiation of T-helper (Th) cells dedicated for B-cell antibody production are still poorly characterizKeywords
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