ID3 provides career counseling for blood progenitors, driving the creation of gamma-delta T cells

(Fox Chase Cancer Center) Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center describe how a protein called Id3 coaxes blood progenitor cells in the thymus into becoming gamma-delta T cells. Gamma-delta T cells represent only 5 percent of T cells, yet researchers believe that they have a remarkable effect on human health, possessing functions of both adaptive and innate immunity.

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