Common gamma chain

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Zhang, J. L., Foster, D., and Sebald, W. (2003). Human IL-21 and IL-4 bind to partially overlapping epitopes of common gamma-chain. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 300, 291-296. 

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Grundstrom S, Dohlsten M, Sundstedt A IL-2 unresponsiveness in anergic CD4+ T cells is due to defective signaling through the common gamma-chain of the IL-2 receptor. J Immunol 2000 164 1175-1184. 

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Leonard WJ, Noguchi M, Russell SM, McBride OW The molecular basis of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency The role of the interleukin-2 receptor gamma chain as a common gamma chain, gamma c. Immunol Rev 1994 138 61-86. 

Liu S, Riley J, Rosenberg S, Parkhurst M. Comparison of common gamma-chain cytokines, interleukin-2, interleukin-7, and interleukin-15 for the in vitro generation of human tumor-reactive T lymphocytes for adoptive cell transfer therapy. J Immunother 2006 29 284-293. 

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