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Polarizing a T-cell response

Signals through Notch receptors regulate many developmental decisions. New evidence suggests that this pathway is also involved in dictating the tone of the immune response to infection.

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Figure 1: Stimulating the Th1 or Th2 response.

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Lehar, S., Bevan, M. Polarizing a T-cell response. Nature 430, 150–151 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430150a

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