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Memory-Phenotype CD4+ T Lymphocytes: A Double-Edged Sword in Immune Responses.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 9 Apr 2026
Kawabe Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
CD4+ T lymphocytes play an essential role in adaptive immune responses and comprise naïve, effector, and memory compartments. In pathogen infection, foreign antigen (Ag)-specific naïve T lymphocytes are activated to give rise to effector and memory cells to contribute to host protection from the pathogen. In addition to the conventional activation pathway, accumulating evidence suggests that some naïve cells can...
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