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Lymphotoxin alpha-/- mice develop functionally impaired CD8+ T cell responses and fail to contain virus infection of the central nervous system.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jan 2001
Kumaraguru U, Davis I A, Deshpande S, Tevethia S S, Rouse B T
Abstract excerpt
Recent observations have indicated that viral persistence and tumor spreading could occur because of effector function-defective CD8(+) T cells. Although chronic exposure to Ag, lack of CD4 help, and epitope dominance are suggested to interfere with CTL differentiation, mechanisms underlying the defective effector function remain obscure. We demonstrate in this report that lymphotoxin alpha-deficient mice develop...
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