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SUBMITTER: Nakanishi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2789415 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakanishi Yusuke Y Lu Bao B Gerard Craig C Iwasaki Akiko A
Nature 20091108 7272
CD4(+) T helper cells are well known for their role in providing critical signals during priming of cytotoxic CD8(+) T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vivo. T-cell help is required for the generation of primary CTL responses as well as in promoting protective CD8(+) memory T-cell development. However, the role of CD4 help in the control of CTL responses at the effector stage is unknown. Here we show that fully helped effector CTLs are themselves not self-sufficient for entry into the infected tiss ...[more]