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Gamma/Delta T Cells and Their Role in Protection Against Malaria
20 Dec 2018
Abstract excerpt
Whether and how gdT cells play a protective role in immunity against Plasmodium infection remain open questions. gdT cells expand in patients and mice infected with Plasmodium spp, and cytokine production and cytotoxic responses against blood-stage parasites are observed in vitro. Their expansion is associated with protective immunity induced by irradiated sporozoite immunisation, and depletion of gdT cells in...
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