Many aspects of the CD8+ T lymphocyte response are 'programmed' by inductive stimuli during primary activation. A recent Nature paper shows that interleukin 2 signals endow CD8 T cells with the capacity for secondary population expansion during priming.
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Schoenberger, S., Janssen, E. IL-2 gets with the program. Nat Immunol 7, 798–800 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0806-798
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