Sims S, Bolinger B, Klenerman P (2015) Increasing inflationary T-cell responses following transient depletion of MCMV-specific memory T cells. Eur J Immunol 45:113-118. doi: 10.1002/eji.201445016
Summary: The standard CD8+ T-cell response to infection is a rapid proliferation followed by a reduction in number after the infection is cleared. Murine cytomegalovirus is an exception in that an infection generates a life-long latency with low-level sporadic replication. Immunodominant cells accumulate over time and stabilize at a high frequency. The authors examined a paradoxical boost following depletion of these cells with an M38 antibody attached to Streptavidin-ZAP (Cat. #IT-27). Mice were treated with 44 pM intraperitoneal injections. M38 is an epitope present on the effector CD8+ T cells. Following a significant depletion of cells, the population rebounded and reached a higher percentage of total CD8+ T-cells than before the depletion.
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