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Defining features of protective CD4 T cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Current opinion in immunology - 1 Aug 2014
Sakai Shunsuke, Mayer-Barber Katrin D, Barber Daniel L
Abstract excerpt
CD4 T cells are critical for control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and represent the best hope for vaccine-elicited protection. However, little is understood about the properties of Mtb-specific CD4 T cells that mediate control, and the lack of correlates of protection present a significant barrier to the rational development of new vaccination and therapeutic strategies which are sorely needed....
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