Memory CD8+ T cells are gatekeepers of the lymph node draining the site of viral infection.
Memory CD8+ T cells are gatekeepers of the lymph node draining the site of viral infection.
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记忆 CD8 T 细胞是病毒感染部位淋巴结引流的看门人。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0701822104
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Sigal,LuisJ
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文献类型:
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作者:
Xu,Ren-Huan;Fang,Min;Klein-Szanto,Andres;Sigal,LuisJ
It is uncertain how immunity protects against systemic viral diseases. Here, we demonstrate that in the absence of persistent virus, not only antibodies but also recall responses by long-lived memory CD8+T cells prevent mousepox, a disease caused by ectromelia virus, a close relative of the virus of human smallpox. Moreover, we show that to protect, recall CD8+T cells directly kill targets in the lymph node draining the primary site of infection thus curbing systemic viral spread. Therefore, our work provides the basis for a model where lymph nodes are not just organs where lymphocytes become activated and proliferate but also the sites where a major fight against virus spread takes place.