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T-cell stimulation: an abundance of B7s

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Many different T-cell co-stimulatory molecules have been recently discovered. Determining exactly how many there are, why there are so many and what they all do is the next task (1365–1369).

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  1. Department of Pathology , University of California, San Francisco, 94143, California, USA

    Abul K. Abbas

  2. Immunology Research Division Department of Pathology Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston , 02115, Massachusetts, USA

    Arlene H. Sharpe

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