CELLULAR AND POPULATION PLASTICITY OF HELPER CD4 T CELL RESPONSES

Vertebrates are constantly exposed to pathogens, and the adaptive immunity has most likely evolved to control and clear such infectious agents. CD4 T cells are the major players in the adaptive immune response to pathogens. Following recognition of pathogen-derived antigens naïve CD4 T cell...

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Main Authors: Gesham eMagombedze, Pradeep B. J. Reddy, Shigetoshi eEda, Vitaly V. Ganusov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00206/full