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Polarized effector programs for innate-like thymocytes

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Distinct lineages of natural killer T cells arise in the thymus and are characterized by the signature transcription factors T-bet, GATA-3 or RORγt.

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Figure 1: Crosstalk between adaptive thymocytes and innate-like thymocytes.

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