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Nucleoprotein of influenza A virus is a major target of immunodominant CD8+ T-cell responses.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Feb 2013
Grant Emma, Wu Chao, Chan Kok-Fei, Eckle Sidonia, Bharadwaj Mandvi, Zou Quan Ming, Kedzierska Katherine, Chen Weisan
Abstract excerpt
Influenza A virus causes annual epidemics and sporadic pandemics, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Vaccines are currently available; however, they induce a non-strain-cross protective humoral immune response directed against the rapidly mutating surface glycoproteins, and thus need to be updated annually. As T cells are directed against more conserved internal influenza proteins, a...
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