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RARα receptor plays unexpected role in T cell activation

RARα receptor plays unexpected role in T cell activation

In accordance with recent research within the journal Immunity, T cells have a nuclear receptor doing something very odd-;but very important-;to assist them fight pathogens and destroy cancer cells. This receptor, called retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα), is thought to manage gene expression programs within the nucleus, but it surely also now appears to operate […]