The role of non-cognate T cell stimulation during intracellular bacterial infection

Intra-macrophage bacterial infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in both the developed and developing world. Protective host immune responses to these infections initially requires the activation and expansion of pathogen-specific CD4 Th1 cells within lymphoid tissues and subsequent r...

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Main Author: Stephen eMcsorley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00319/full