Stable CD8+ T Cell Memory during Persistent Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
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Stable CD8+ T cell memory during persistent Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
CD8(+) T cell responses to persistent infections caused by intracellular pathogens are dominated by resting T effectors and T effector memory cells, with little evidence suggesting that a T central memory (T(CM)) population is generated. Using a model of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, we demonstrate that in contrast to the T effector/T effector memory phenotype of the majority of T. cruzi-specifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Immunology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0022-1767,1550-6606
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.4.2644