The multifaceted role of CD4+ T cells in CD8+ T cell memory

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 102-111

  Laidlaw, Brian J ^a,b   Craft, Joseph E ^a   Kaech, Susan M ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; VACCINATION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 84957442580     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri.2015.10     Document Type: Review

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