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Nature Immunology 9, 720 - 721 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0708-720
Basophils now enhance memory
Toshiaki Kawakami1
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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
Abstract
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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