Patients informing immunobiology: How disorders of IL-21 receptor signaling unravel pathways of CD8 T-cell function

Editorial

Joshua D Milner. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Aug.

. 2013 Aug;132(2):412-3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.06.024.

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Keywords: CD8; IL-21; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1; antiviral immunity; signal transducer and activator of transcription 3.

Comment on

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) mutations underlying autosomal dominant hyper-IgE syndrome impair human CD8(+) T-cell memory formation and function.
Ives ML, Ma CS, Palendira U, Chan A, Bustamante J, Boisson-Dupuis S, Arkwright PD, Engelhard D, Averbuch D, Magdorf K, Roesler J, Peake J, Wong M, Adelstein S, Choo S, Smart JM, French MA, Fulcher DA, Cook MC, Picard C, Durandy A, Tsumura M, Kobayashi M, Uzel G, Casanova JL, Tangye SG, Deenick EK. Ives ML, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Aug;132(2):400-11.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.05.029. Epub 2013 Jul 4. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013. PMID: 23830147 Free PMC article.

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