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Systemic BCG immunization induces persistent lung mucosal multifunctional CD4 T(EM) cells which expand following virulent mycobacterial challenge.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Kaveh Daryan A, Bachy Véronique S, Hewinson R Glyn, Hogarth Philip J
Abstract excerpt
To more closely understand the mechanisms of how BCG vaccination confers immunity would help to rationally design improved tuberculosis vaccines that are urgently required. Given the established central role of CD4 T cells in BCG induced immunity, we sought to characterise the generation of memor...
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