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Open AccessThe role of endogenous interleukin-2 in proliferation of human carcinoma cell lines
Interleukin (IL-2) and IL-2Rβ/γ have been shown to be expressed in human carcinomas in culture and in situ. Recently, expression of endogenous IL-2 and IL-2R in the cytoplasm was found to be up-regulated in tu...
