bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.11.145789; this version posted June 12, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. 1 Title 2 Tasmanian devil CD28 and CTLA4 capture CD80 and CD86 from adjacent cells 3 4 Running title 5 Intercellular protein transfer of immune checkpoints in Tasmanian devils 6 7 Article Type 8 Short Communications 9 10 Authors 11 Candida Wonga, Jocelyn M. Darbya, Peter R. Murphya,b, Terry L. Pinfoldc, Patrick R. 12 Lennardd, Gregory M Woodsa, A. Bruce Lyonsc, Andrew S. Fliesa* 13 14 Affiliations 15 aMenzies Institute for Medical Research, College of Health and Medicine, University of 16 Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia 17 bUniversity of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The University of Queensland, Translational 18 Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia 19 cTasmanian School of Medicine, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, 20 Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia 21 dThe Roslin Institute and Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, 22 Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK. 23 24 Corresponding author 25 Andrew S. Flies, PhD 26 Menzies Institute for Medical Research, College of Health and Medicine 27 University of Tasmania 28 Private Bag 23, Hobart TAS 7000 29 phone: +61 3 6226 4614; email:
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