Classic functional partitioning of T-cell subsets is being questioned: in many bacterial and protozoan infections, CD8 T cells play a role in protection; two types of CD4 T helper cells have been characterized, one protective, the other exacerbating disease; finally, gamma delta T cells have been im
T cell responses to bacterial infection
β Scribed by Kristen M Kerksiek; Eric G Pamer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 820 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-7915
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