Dendritic cells CD40 ligation

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Bianchi R, Grohmann U, Vacca C, Belladonna ML, Fioretti MC, Puccetti P. Autocrine il-12 is involved in dendritic cell modulation via CD40 ligation. J Immunol 1999 163 2517-2521. 

Buelens, C., Verhasselt, V., De Groote, D., Thielemans, K., Goldman, M., and Willems, F. (1997) Human Dendritic Cell Responses to Lipopolysaccharide and CD40 Ligation Are Differentially Regulated by Interleukin-10, Eur. J. Immunol. 27, 1848-1852. 

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