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Defective CD8 T cell memory following acute infection without CD4 T cell help.


ABSTRACT: The CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response to pathogens is thought to be CD4+ helper T cell independent because infectious agents provide their own inflammatory signals. Mice that lack CD4+ T cells mount a primary CD8 response to Listeria monocytogenes equal to that of wild-type mice and rapidly clear the infection. However, protective memory to a challenge is gradually lost in the former animals. Memory CD8+ T cells from normal mice can respond rapidly, but memory CD8+ T cells that are generated without CD4 help are defective in their ability to respond to secondary encounters with antigen. The results highlight a previously undescribed role for CD4 help in promoting protective CD8 memory development.

SUBMITTER: Sun JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2778341 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Defective CD8 T cell memory following acute infection without CD4 T cell help.

Sun Joseph C JC   Bevan Michael J MJ  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20030401 5617


The CD8+ cytotoxic T cell response to pathogens is thought to be CD4+ helper T cell independent because infectious agents provide their own inflammatory signals. Mice that lack CD4+ T cells mount a primary CD8 response to Listeria monocytogenes equal to that of wild-type mice and rapidly clear the infection. However, protective memory to a challenge is gradually lost in the former animals. Memory CD8+ T cells from normal mice can respond rapidly, but memory CD8+ T cells that are generated withou  ...[more]

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