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You Shall Not Pass: Memory CD8 T Cells in Liver-Stage Malaria
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You Shall Not Pass: Memory CD8 T Cells in Liver-Stage Malaria

Mitchell N Lefebvre and John T Harty
Trends in parasitology, Vol.36(2), pp.147-157
02/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.11.004
PMCID: PMC6937381
PMID: 31843536
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6937381View
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Abstract

Each year over 200 million malaria infections occur, with over 400 000 associated deaths. Vaccines formed with attenuated whole parasites can induce protective memory CD8 T cell responses against liver-stage malaria; however, widespread administration of such vaccines is logistically challenging. Recent scientific findings are delineating how protective memory CD8 T cell populations are primed and maintained and how such cells mediate immunity to liver-stage malaria. Memory CD8 T cell anatomic localization and expression of transcription factors, homing receptors, and signaling molecules appear to play integral roles in protective immunity to liver-stage malaria. Further investigation of how such factors contribute to optimal protective memory CD8 T cell generation and maintenance in humans will inform efforts for improved vaccines.
Antigens, Protozoan - immunology CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes - immunology Immunologic Memory - immunology Liver - parasitology Malaria - immunology Malaria - parasitology Malaria Vaccines - immunology

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