The Anti-apoptotic Murine Cytomegalovirus Protein vMIA-m38.5 Induces Mast Cell Degranulation

Mast cells (MC) represent “inbetweeners” of the immune system in that they are part of innate immunity by acting as first-line sentinels for environmental antigens but also provide a link to adaptive immunity by secretion of chemokines that recruit CD8 T cells to organ sites of infection. An interre...

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Main Authors: Julia K. Schmiedeke, Ann-Kathrin Hartmann, Teresa Ruckenbrod, Michael Stassen, Matthias J. Reddehase, Niels A. Lemmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00439/full