Brennan, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-0499 and Athie-Morales, Veronica
2001.
Analysis of interleukin-2 signaling using affinity precipitations and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
O'Neill, Luke A. J. and Bowie, Andrew, eds.
Interleukin protocols,
Vol. 60.
Methods in Molecular Medicine,
vol. 60.
New Jersey:
Humana Press,
pp. 369-383.
(10.1385/1-59259-146-9:369)
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Abstract
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) was first discovered and characterized as T-cell growth factor (1). It is responsible for the growth of T cells and thus plays an important role in the proper functioning of the immune system. IL-2 has a high affinity receptor consisting of an α-, β-, and γ-chain. The γ- chain is shared with a number of other cytokines such as IL-3 and IL-7, which also play a role in cell growth (2). The IL-2 receptor β- chain also comprises part of the receptor for IL-15.
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Medicine |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Publisher: | Humana Press |
| ISBN: | 9780896037380 |
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| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 10:50 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25665 |
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