Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Induced Memory-like NKG2C+ NK Cells Are Transplantable and Expand In Vivo in Response to Recipient CMV Antigen

Functional profile of cytomegalovirus (C

Functional profile of cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific CD8+ T cells and kinetics of NKG2C+ NK Cells associated with the resolution of CMV DNAemia in allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients

✍ Beatriz Muñoz-Cobo; Carlos Solano; Isabel Benet; Elisa Costa; María José Remigia 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 230 KB

## Abstract Immune mechanisms involved in control of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the allogeneic stem cell transplantation setting have not been fully disclosed. CMV pp65 and IE‐1‐specific CD8^+^ T cells expressing IFN‐γ, TNF‐α, and CD107a, alone or in combination, and NKG2C^+^ NK cells were