Massive load of functional effector CD4+ and CD8+ T cells against cytomegalovirus in very old subjects

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 4283-4291

  Vescovini, Rosanna ^a   Biasini, Claudia ^a   Fagnoni, Francesco F ^b   Telera, Anna Rita ^a   Zanlari, Luca ^a   Pedrazzoni, Mario ^a   Bucci, Laura ^c   Monti, Daniela ^c   Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Franceschi, Claudio ^d   Sansoni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico di Diritto Pubblico   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN IE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS MATRIX PROTEIN 65KDA; EPITOPE; IE1 PROTEIN, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MATRIX PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 35748936769     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.4283     Document Type: Article

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