How lymphocytes add up
Publication date
2016-12-16
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Asquith, Becca
de Boer, Rob J.
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Abstract
A surprising molecular mechanism underlying signal integration and programmed proliferation in adaptive immunity has been identified: the cell-cycle regulator Myc enables a lymphocyte to add up the strength of signals it receives and time its response accordingly.
Keywords
immune cell death, Lymphocyte Activation, T cells, Taverne
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Asquith, B & de Boer, R J 2016, 'How lymphocytes add up', Nature Immunology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 12-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3636