Stem-Cell-like Qualities of Immune Memory; CD4+ T Cells Join the Party
- Luckey, C. John
- Weaver, Casey T.
Publication date
February 2012
DOI Publisher
Elsevier Inc. ISSN
1934-5909 Citation count (estimate)
16Abstract
Similar to hematopoietic stem cells, memory lymphocytes self-renew, while their clonally expanded effector progeny differentiate to fight infection and tumors. Recently, Muranski et al. (2011) report in Immunity that a subset of Th17 effector cells function as memory cells and retain stem cell properties
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