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The impact of telomere erosion on memory CD8+ T cells in patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Aug 2005
Plunkett Fiona J, Franzese Ornella, Belaramani Lavina L, Fletcher Jean M, Gilmour Kimberly C, Sharifi Reza, Khan Naeem, Hislop Andrew D, Cara Andrea, Salmon Mike, Gaspar H Bobby, Rustin Malcom H A, Webster David, Akbar Arne N
Abstract excerpt
Patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP) experience excessive T cell proliferation after primary Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, due to mutations in the signalling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) associated protein (SAP) molecule. We examined the impact of dysfunctional proliferative control on the extent of CD8+ T cell differentiation in XLP patients who recovered from primary EBV...
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