Maintaining Immune Balance Involves an Unconventional Mechanism of T Cell Regulation

Maintaining Immune Balance Involves an Unconventional Mechanism of T Cell Regulation

"These results challenge the prior view of the mTOR pathway as an inhibitor of these key immune cells and highlight the role of the mTORC1 complex in regulating the T cells that are vital for controlling inflammation," said Hongbo Chi, Ph.D., an associate member of the St. Jude Department of Immunology and the paper's corresponding author."



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