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Cytomegalovirus-Specific T Cells Restricted by HLA-Cw*0702 Increase Markedly with Age and Dominate the CD8+ T-Cell Repertoire in Older People
11 Dec 2017
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegalovirus infection (CMV) elicits a strong T-cell immune response which increases further during aging in a process termed ‘memory inflation’. CMV downregulates the expression of HLA-A and HLA-B on the surface of infected cells in order to limit presentation of viral peptides to T-cells although HLA-C is relatively spared as it also engages with inhibitory KIR receptors and therefore reduces lysis by NK...
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