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Influence of a single viral epitope on T cell response and disease after infection of mice with respiratory syncytial virus.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2007
Vallbracht Simone, Jessen Birthe, Mrusek Sonja, Enders Anselm, Collins Peter L, Ehl Stephan, Krempl Christine D
Abstract excerpt
CTL are important for virus clearance but also contribute to immunopathology after the infection of BALB/c mice with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The pulmonary immune response to RSV is dominated by a CTL population directed against the CTL epitope M2-1 82-90. Infection with a virus carrying an M2-1 N89A mutation introduced by reverse genetics failed to activate this immunodominant CTL population, leading...
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