CD39 Expression Identifies Terminally Exhausted CD8+ T Cells.

Exhausted T cells express multiple co-inhibitory molecules that impair their function and limit immunity to chronic viral infection. Defining novel markers of exhaustion is important both for identifying and potentially reversing T cell exhaustion. Herein, we show that the ectonucleotidse CD39 is a...

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Main Authors: Prakash K Gupta, Jernej Godec, David Wolski, Emily Adland, Kathleen Yates, Kristen E Pauken, Cormac Cosgrove, Carola Ledderose, Wolfgang G Junger, Simon C Robson, E John Wherry, Galit Alter, Philip J R Goulder, Paul Klenerman, Arlene H Sharpe, Georg M Lauer, W Nicholas Haining
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4618999?pdf=render