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Selective impairment of T lymphocyte activation through the T cell receptor/CD3 complex after cytomegalovirus infection.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Oct 1993
Timón M, Arnaiz-Villena A, Ruiz-Contreras J, Ramos-Amador J T, Pacheco A, Regueiro J R
Abstract excerpt
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is reported to cause transient immunosuppression in man. In this study we have analysed the effect of CMV on T lymphocyte function in 29 children diagnosed for acute CMV infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from the patients showed a significant specific impairment in their proliferative response to enterotoxins A and C1, to concanavalin A and to the...
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