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Reduce, reuse, and recycle

Nature Biotechnology volume 20, pages 879–880 (2002)Cite this article

Reducing a cytokine's affinity for its receptor increases its ability to be reused and recycled, and could enhance its therapeutic potency.

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Figure 1: Steps in the recycling of GCSF receptors.

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