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Memory T cells persisting in the brain following MCMV infection induce long-term microglial activation via interferon-γ.
Journal of neurovirology - 1 Oct 2011
Mutnal Manohar B, Hu Shuxian, Little Morgan R, Lokensgard James R
Abstract excerpt
Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) brain infection stimulates microglial cell-driven proinflammatory chemokine production which precedes the presence of brain-infiltrating systemic immune cells. Here, we show that in response to MCMV brain infection, antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells migrated into the brain and persisted as long-lived memory cells. The role of these persistent T cells in the brain is unclear because...
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