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SUBMITTER: Mitchell DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3608757 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mitchell Diana M DM Williams Matthew A MA
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130225 7
IL-2 signals during the primary response to infection are essential in shaping CD8(+) T cell fate decisions. How CD8(+) T cells integrate IL-2 signals in the development of functional memory is not well understood. Because IL-2 induces potent activation of the STAT5 transcription factor, we tested the role of STAT5 in CD8(+) memory T cell differentiation and function using a model system in which STAT5 activity is inducibly abrogated upon CD8(+) T cell activation. We report that STAT5 activity i ...[more]