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Quieting T cells with Slfn2

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The mechanisms that enforce T cell quiescence are incompletely understood. Slfn2 has now been identified as another participant in this process, functioning as a critical regulator of T cell– and monocyte-mediated immunity.

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Figure 1: Role of Slfn2 in maintaining T cell quiescence.

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  1. Maureen R. Horton is in the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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  2. Jonathan D. Powell is in the Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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Horton, M., Powell, J. Quieting T cells with Slfn2. Nat Immunol 11, 281–282 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0410-281

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