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Immune evasion proteins of human cytomegalovirus do not prevent a diverse CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell response in natural infection.
Blood - 15 Aug 2004
Manley Thomas J, Luy Lisa, Jones Thomas, Boeckh Michael, Mutimer Helen, Riddell Stanley R
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Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) expresses proteins that interfere with antigen presentation by class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) are indispensable for controlling infection and maintaining latency. Here, a cytokine flow cytometry assay that employs fibroblasts infected with a mutant strain of CMV (RV798), which is deleted of the 4 viral genes that are...
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