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Nature Immunology 9, 720 - 721 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0708-720

Basophils now enhance memory

Toshiaki Kawakami1

  1. Toshiaki Kawakami is in the Division of Cell Biology, Center for Infectious Disease, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9240 Athena Circle, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
    e-mail: toshi@liai.org


Additional immune functions of basophils have been identified in recent years. Mack and colleagues add to this growing list by showing that basophils enhance humoral memory responses by producing interleukins 4 and 6 in response to specific antigen.

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