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Cytomegalovirus drives Vδ2neg γδ T cell inflation in many healthy virus carriers with increasing age.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 2014
Alejenef A, Pachnio A, Halawi M, Christmas S E, Moss P A H, Khan N
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) usually causes lifelong asymptomatic infection, but over time can distort immune profiles. Recent reports describe selective expansion of Vδ2(neg) γδ T cells in healthy and immunocompromised CMV carriers. Having shown previously that virus-specific CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cell responses are increased significantly in elderly CMV carriers, probably driven by chronic stimulation, we hypothesized...
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