Early transcriptional and epigenetic divergence of CD8+ T cells responding to acute versus chronic infection.
During a microbial infection, responding CD8+ T cells give rise to effector cells that provide acute host defense and memory cells that provide sustained protection. An alternative outcome is exhaustion, a state of T cell dysfunction that occurs in the context of chronic infections and cancer. Altho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001983 |