IL-17 cytokines preferentially act on naïve CD4⁺ T cells with the IL-17AF heterodimer inducing the greatest functional changes

• Michael P. Crawford ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MPC and NB contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

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• Nicholas Borcherding ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MPC and NB contributed equally to this work as co-first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Nitin J. Karandikar

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nitin-karandikar@uiowa.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6867-6950

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