Purification and characterization of a potent dendritic cell activator released by T cells

CD8+ T lymphocytes, during priming, can induce robust maturation of dendritic cells (DCs) in a CD40 independent manner by secreting licensing factor(s). I have isolated this so far elusive licensing factor and identified it as GM-CSF. Signaling through the GM-CSF receptor in ex-vivo purified DCs upr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lin, Min
Other Authors: Ruedl Christiane
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/49515