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Rhesus Cytomegalovirus-Specific CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Do Not Become Functionally Exhausted in Chronic SIVmac239 Infection.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Rosen Brandon C, Pedreño-Lopez Nuria, Ricciardi Michael J, Reed Jason S, Sacha Jonah B, Rakasz Eva G, Watkins David I
Abstract excerpt
CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) exert potent antiviral activity after HIV/SIV infection. However, efforts to harness the antiviral efficacy of CTLs for HIV/SIV prophylaxis and therapy have been severely hindered by two major problems: viral escape and exhaustion. By contrast, CTLs directed against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a ubiquitous chronic herpesvirus, seldom select for escape mutations and remain...
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