T cell memory is short-lived in the absence of antigen

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 969-974

  Gray, David ^a   Matzinger, Polly ^a,b  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; MEMORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0026094299     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.174.5.969     Document Type: Article

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