Analysis of the T Cell Response to Zika Virus and Identification of a Novel CD8+T Cell Epitope in Immunocompetent Mice

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Pardy, Ryan D ^a   Rajah, Maaran M ^a   Condotta, Stephanie A ^a   Taylor, Nathan G ^a   Sagan, Selena M ^a   Richer, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; POLYPROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85014063648     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006184     Document Type: Article

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