Gammaherpesvirus persistence alters key CD8 T-ce1l memory characteristics and enhances antiviral protection

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 8303-8315

  Obar, Joshua J ^a   Fuse, Shinichiro ^a   Leung, Erica K ^b   Bellfy, Sarah C ^a   Usherwood, Edward J ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Microbiology and Immunology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CIDOFOVIR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VIRUS LATENCY;

HERPESVIRIDAE; MURINAE;

EID: 33748482479     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00237-06     Document Type: Article

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