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Invariant natural killer T cells treated with rapamycin or transforming growth factor-β acquire a regulatory function and suppress T effector lymphocytes

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All of the authors are thankful to the Central Laboratory for Advanced Diagnostic and Biomedical Research (CLADIBIOR) and Department of Immunoregulation and Immune Intervention for providing the necessary facility to carry out the work. Financial support from the University of Palermo with the International PhD course in Immunopharmacology is also gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Giuliana Guggino, Francesco Dieli & Guido Sireci

  2. Department of Immunoregulation and Immune Intervention, King’s College London, London, UK

    Cristiano Scottà & Giovanna Lombardi

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Guggino, G., Scottà, C., Lombardi, G. et al. Invariant natural killer T cells treated with rapamycin or transforming growth factor-β acquire a regulatory function and suppress T effector lymphocytes. Cell Mol Immunol 14, 392–394 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/cmi.2015.20

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