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Functional characterization of ocular-derived human alphaherpesvirus cross-reactive CD4 T cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Apr 2014
Ouwendijk Werner J D, Geluk Annemieke, Smits Saskia L, Getu Sarah, Osterhaus Albert D M E, Verjans Georges M G M
Abstract excerpt
Intraocular varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and HSV type 1 (HSV-1) infections cause sight-threatening uveitis. The disease is characterized by an intraocular inflammatory response involving herpesvirus-specific T cells. T cell reactivity to the noncausative human alphaherpesvirus (αHHV) is commonly detected in the affected eyes of herpetic uveitis patients, suggesting the role of cross-reactive T cells in the...
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