Surviving the crash: Transitioning from effector to memory CD8+ T cell

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-98

  D'Cruz, Louise M ^a   Rubinstein, Mark P ^a   Goldrath, Ananda W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune response; Infection; Pathogen; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BETA INTERFERON; BIM PROTEIN; EOMESODERMIN; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; PERFORIN; PROTEIN BCL 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REINFECTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFECTION; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 62049084023     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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