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"The key distinctions between these two cytokines are (a) IL-15 exhibits an affinity for its private alpha receptor subunit that is 400-fold higher than that of IL-2 and (b) IL-15 primarily signals in trans, with monocytes or dendritic cells (DCs) presenting IL-15Ralpha to NK cells or T cells rather than the conventional cis activation mechanism favored by IL-2."