La cuantificación de las células T CD8 de memoria revela la regionalización de la inmunovigilancia

Elizabeth M Steinert1, Jason M Schenkel1, Kathryn A Fraser1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Cell
|May 11, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

La mayoría de las células T CD8 de memoria residen dentro de los tejidos, no en el torrente sanguíneo. Los métodos de aislamiento actuales subestiman el número de células y tergiversan la vigilancia inmune mediante la recirculación de células, desafiando los modelos existentes de memoria de células T.

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