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Neurons are MHC Class I-Dependent Targets for CD8 T Cells upon Neurotropic Viral Infection
17 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
Following infection of the central nervous system (CNS), the immune system is faced with the challenge of eliminating the pathogen without causing significant damage to neurons, which have limited capacities of renewal. In particular, it was thought that neurons were protected from direct attack by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) because they do not express major histocompatibility class I (MHC I) molecules, at...
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