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IL-2 induces the release of secondary cytokines which stimulate the cytotoxic activity of either NK or CD8+ lymphocytes

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  1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Ugo Testa, Daniela Bulgarini, Elisabetta Montesoro, Elena Tritarelli, Giovanni Boccoli & Cesare Peschle

  2. Clinica Medica II, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Camagna

  3. Istituto Regina Elena, I Division of Clinical Oncology, Rome, Italy

    Federico Calabresi

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Testa, U., Bulgarini, D., Montesoro, E. et al. IL-2 induces the release of secondary cytokines which stimulate the cytotoxic activity of either NK or CD8+ lymphocytes. Cytotechnology 5 (Suppl 1), 126–129 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00736828

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