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CD8+ CTLs are essential for protective immunity against Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 May 1999
Khan I A, Schwartzman J D, Kasper L H, Moretto M
Abstract excerpt
Encephalitozoon cuniculi is a protozoan parasite that has been implicated recently as a cause of opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. Protective immunity in the normal host is T cell-dependent. In the present study, the role of individual T cell subtypes in immunity against this parasite has been studied using gene knockout mice. Whereas CD4-/- animals resolved the infection, mice lacking...
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