TGF-β Signalling Is Required for CD4⁺ T Cell Homeostasis But Dispensable for Regulatory T Cell Function

• Anna Śledzińska,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Saskia Hemmers,

  Current address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America.

  Affiliation Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Florian Mair,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Oliver Gorka,

  Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany

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• Jürgen Ruland,

  Affiliation Clinical Chemistry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Germany

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• Lynsey Fairbairn,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München, Germany

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• Anja Nissler,

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Werner Müller,

  Current address: Bill Ford Chair of Cellular Immunology, Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Ari Waisman,

  Affiliations Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of the Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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• Burkhard Becher ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Burkhard Becher, Thorsten Buch

  * E-mail: Thorsten.Buch@mikrobio.med.tum.de (TB); becher@immunology.uzh.ch (BB)

  Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Thorsten Buch

  Contributed equally to this work with: Burkhard Becher, Thorsten Buch

  * E-mail: Thorsten.Buch@mikrobio.med.tum.de (TB); becher@immunology.uzh.ch (BB)

  Affiliations Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technische Universität München, Germany

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