Working on the function of a new cytokine always makes for exciting times. Vassili Soumelis and Yong-Jun Liu bring us back to the discovery and functional characterization of human TSLP, in the very stimulating environment of the DNAX Research Institute.
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Soumelis, V., Liu, YJ. The discovery of human TSLP as a critical epithelial cytokine in type 2 immunity and allergic disease. Nat Immunol 21, 1471–1473 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-0720-7
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