T Cell Factor 1-Expressing Memory-like CD8(+) T Cells Sustain the Immune Response to Chronic Viral Infections.
Immunity. 2016 Aug 16;45(2):415-27. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.07.021.
Immunity. 2016.
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Chronic infections promote the terminal differentiation (or "exhaustion") of T cells and are thought to preclude the formation of memory T cells. In contrast, we discovered a small subpopulation of virus-specific CD8(+) T cells that sustained the T cel …
Chronic infections promote the terminal differentiation (or "exhaustion") of T cells and are thought to preclude the formation of mem …