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HTLV-1 drives vigorous clonal expansion of infected CD8(+) T cells in natural infection

BACKGROUND: Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-1) is a retrovirus that persistently infects 5–10 million individuals worldwide and causes disabling or fatal inflammatory and malignant diseases. The majority of the HTLV-1 proviral load is found in CD4(+) T cells, and the phenotype of adult T cel...

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Autores principales: Melamed, Anat, Laydon, Daniel J., Al Khatib, Hebah, Rowan, Aileen G., Taylor, Graham P., Bangham, Charles R. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26552867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12977-015-0221-1