Muscle ®bres and cultured muscle cells express the B7.1/2-related inducible co-stimulatory molecule, ICOSL: implications for the pathogenesis of in ̄ammatory myopathies
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1Department of Neurology, University of TuÈbingen, Medical School, TuÈbingen, 2Genzentrum, Friedrich-Baur Institut, Department of Neurology and Ludwig Maximilians University and 3Institute for Clinical Neuroimmunology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany Correspondence to: Dr Heinz Wiendl, Department of Neurology, University of TuÈbingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, D-72076 TuÈbingen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
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