Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?

Around 700 BCE, a new military formation called the phalanx was established in ancient Greece: a tight column of heavy infantry carrying long spears, or pikes, used in a single prong of attack. Later, in the battle of Marathon described by Herodotus, the Greeks learned the advantages of multipronged...

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Autores principales: Posnett, David N., Engelhorn, Manuel E., Houghton, Alan N.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15967819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20050928
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description Around 700 BCE, a new military formation called the phalanx was established in ancient Greece: a tight column of heavy infantry carrying long spears, or pikes, used in a single prong of attack. Later, in the battle of Marathon described by Herodotus, the Greeks learned the advantages of multipronged attacks, a strategy still used in modern warfare. Is the immune system similar in its approach to combating pathogens or tumors?
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spelling pubmed-22120422008-03-11 Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack? Posnett, David N. Engelhorn, Manuel E. Houghton, Alan N. J Exp Med Commentary Around 700 BCE, a new military formation called the phalanx was established in ancient Greece: a tight column of heavy infantry carrying long spears, or pikes, used in a single prong of attack. Later, in the battle of Marathon described by Herodotus, the Greeks learned the advantages of multipronged attacks, a strategy still used in modern warfare. Is the immune system similar in its approach to combating pathogens or tumors? The Rockefeller University Press 2005-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2212042/ /pubmed/15967819 http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20050928 Text en Copyright © 2005, The Rockefeller University Press This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?
title Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?
title_full Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?
title_fullStr Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?
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title_short Antiviral T cell responses: phalanx or multipronged attack?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2212042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15967819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20050928
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