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High frequency of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-specific CD8+ T cells detected in a healthy CMV-seropositive donor.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Jun 2002
Lang K S, Moris A, Gouttefangeas C, Walter S, Teichgräber V, Miller M, Wernet D, Hamprecht K, Rammensee H G, Stevanovic S
Abstract excerpt
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) persists after infection but is controlled by cellular immune responses, particularly by CD8+ T cells. If infected individuals are immunosuppressed, HCMV can be reactivated. Upon testing the blood of healthy donors with human lymphocyte antigen tetramers, we found one individual with about 50% of his CD8+ T cells being specific for the immunodominant pp65 epitope NLVPMVATV Over a...
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