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Immunologic Considerations for Generating Memory CD8 T Cells through Vaccination
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Immunologic Considerations for Generating Memory CD8 T Cells through Vaccination

Noah S Butler, Jeffrey C Nolz and John T Harty
Cellular microbiology, Vol.13(7), pp.925-933
07/2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01594.x
PMCID: PMC3116979
PMID: 21501363
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Abstract

Following infection or vaccination, naïve CD8 T cells that receive the appropriate integration of antigenic, co-stimulatory, and inflammatory signals undergo a programmed series of biological changes that ultimately results in the generation of memory cells. Memory CD8 T cells, in contrast to naïve cells, more effectively limit or prevent pathogen re-infection due to both qualitative and quantitative changes that occur following their induction. Unlike vaccination strategies aimed at generating antibody production, the ability to generate protective memory CD8 T cells has proven more complicated and problematic. However, recent experimental results have revealed important principles regarding the molecular and genetic basis for memory CD8 T cell formation, as well as identified ways to manipulate their development through vaccination, resulting in potential new avenues to enhance protective immunity.

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