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Rafi Ahmed1, Michael J Bevan, Steven L Reiner, Douglas T Fearon.
Abstract
The adaptive immune system has evolved a unique capacity to remember a pathogen through the generation of memory T cells, which rapidly protect the host in the event of reinfection. How memory T cells develop and the relationship between effector and memory T cells has been actively debated in the literature for many years and several models have been proposed to explain the divergent developmental fates of T cell progeny. Here, Nature Reviews Immunology asks four leading researchers in the field to provide their thoughts and opinions on the ontogeny of memory T cells and its implications for vaccine design.Mesh:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19680250 DOI: 10.1038/nri2619
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Immunol ISSN: 1474-1733 Impact factor: 53.106