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Turning immunological memory into amnesia by depletion of dividing T cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Dec 2003
Bellier Bertrand, Thomas-Vaslin Véronique, Saron Marie-Françoise, Klatzmann David
Abstract excerpt
Immunological memory, defined as more efficient immune responses on antigen reexposure, can last for decades. The current paradigm is that memory is maintained by antigen-experienced "memory T cells" that can be long-lived quiescent or dividing. The contribution of T cell division to memory maintenance is poorly known and has important clinical implications. In this study, we directly addressed the role of...
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