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Interleukin-12 to interleukin ‘infinity’: the rationale for future therapeutic cytokine targeting

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Thanks are due to Ms. Joanne Bunyan for her assistance in the preparation of this manuscript. Prof. McInnes has received support from the Wellcome Trust and the Arthritis Research Campaign (UK) in pursuit of studies related to the content of this review.

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Anderson, E.J.R., McGrath, M.A., Thalhamer, T. et al. Interleukin-12 to interleukin ‘infinity’: the rationale for future therapeutic cytokine targeting. Springer Semin Immun 27, 425–442 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00281-006-0011-x

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