The polyfunctionality of human memory CD8+ T cells elicited by acute and chronic virus infections is not influenced by age.

As humans age, they experience a progressive loss of thymic function and a corresponding shift in the makeup of the circulating CD8+ T cell population from naïve to memory phenotype. These alterations are believed to result in impaired CD8+ T cell responses in older individuals; however, evidence th...

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Auteurs principaux: Alina Lelic, Chris P Verschoor, Mario Ventresca, Robin Parsons, Carole Evelegh, Dawn Bowdish, Michael R Betts, Mark B Loeb, Jonathan L Bramson
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/78113a49ab524d1784921b895d90b156
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