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CD4+ Cytotoxic T cells - Phenotype, Function and Transcriptional Networks Controlling Their Differentiation Pathways.
Immunology letters - 1 Jul 2022
Preglej Teresa, Ellmeier Wilfried
Abstract excerpt
The two major subsets of peripheral T cells are classically divided into the CD4+ T helper cells and the cytotoxic CD8+ T cell lineage. However, the appearance of some effector CD4+ T cell populations displaying cytotoxic activity, in particular during viral infections, has been observed, thus breaking the functional dichotomy of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes. The strong association of the appearance of CD4+...
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