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T cell activation: you can't get good help

Three recent papers in Nature describe ICOS-deficient mice. ICOS is necessary for normal antibody responses and may be protective against autoimmunity.

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Figure 1: Structures and properties of T cell costimulatory receptors CD28, CTLA-4 and ICOS from an immune response locus at chromosome 2q33.

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Linsley, P. T cell activation: you can't get good help. Nat Immunol 2, 139–140 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/84233

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