The Critical Need for CD4 Help in Maintaining Effective Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses
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For many viral infections, resolution of illness is associated with long-term host control of viremia rather than viral eradication. An example is EBV infection, and the fact that host immune suppression is associated with EBV-induced disease suggests that it is the immune system that is holding the
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The presence of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and the production of Th1 cytokines within tumors are correlated with favorable prognoses in overall survival and disease-free survival across various malignancies.
“The presence of tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cells and the production of Th1 cytokines within tumors have been correlated with favorable prognoses in terms of overall survival and disease-free survival across various malignancies [11,12,13,14].”
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- Authors
- Kalams, S. A., & Walker, B. D.
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- Harvard University (US)
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- The Journal of Experimental Medicine
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- Rockefeller University Press
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- 1998-12-21
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- 188
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- 12
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- 2199-2204
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Virology › HIV Research and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Keywords
- CD4+ T cells, cytotoxic T lymphocytes, cytotoxic T lymphocyte response, Epstein-Barr virus infection, immunosuppression
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Arenaviridae Infections, T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer, Humans, Lymphocyte Cooperation, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, Virus Diseases, HIV Infections, Clonal Anergy
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