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The two faces of IL-2: a key driver of CD8+ T-cell exhaustion

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Fig. 1: IL-2 is essential for CD8+ T cell exhaustion within tumors.

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Byungsuk Kwon’s laboratory is supported by a grant from the University of Ulsan (2021-0404).

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Kwon, B. The two faces of IL-2: a key driver of CD8+ T-cell exhaustion. Cell Mol Immunol 18, 1641–1643 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41423-021-00712-w

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