Memory T lymphocytes.

Abstract excerpt

Immunological memory protects organisms from recurrent challenge by pathogens. The persistence of a heightened reactive state initiated by antigenic challenge is mediated by long-lived memory lymphocytes. The survival of memory T cells is thought to require stimulation through the T cell receptor (TCR), sometimes by persistent antigen. However, memory T cells can survive in the absence of antigen, in which case...

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