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doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.09.001.
Coordinating development of medullary thymic epithelial cells
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.09.001
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Coordinating development of medullary thymic epithelial cells
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Abstract
Three papers in this issue of Immunity (Akiyama et al., 2008; Hikosaka et al., 2008; Irla et al., 2008) together reveal coordinating roles for autoreactive T cells and TNF receptor superfamily members in the development of medullary thymic epithelial cells.
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