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Nature Chemical Biology 1, 356–357 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nchembio1205-356

Lactate transportation is required for lymphocyte activation

Stefan Br|[ouml]|er

During an immune response, selected T cells are activated. In the process, they increase their size and rapidly divide up to five times in 24 hours (Fig.