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Memory T cell inflation: understanding cause and effect.
Trends in immunology - 1 Feb 2012
O'Hara Geraldine A, Welten Suzanne P M, Klenerman Paul, Arens Ramon
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Typically, during viral infections, T cells encounter antigen, undergo proliferative expansion and ultimately contract into a pool of memory cells. However, after infection with cytomegalovirus, a ubiquitous β-herpesvirus, T cell populations specific for certain epitopes do not contract but inste...
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