Exogenous amino acids are essential for interleukin-7 induced CD8 T cell growth. [corrected].

IL-7 signalling is important in regulating both survival and cellular size (growth) of T cells. While glucose metabolism has previously been implicated in the mechanism of IL-7 induced survival and growth, the role of amino acids has not before been reported. Here, we show IL-7 dependent T cell surv...

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Main Authors: Claire Pearson, Ana Silva, Benedict Seddon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033998&type=printable
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