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Immunological exhaustion: How to make a disparate concept operational?

In this essay, we show that 3 distinct approaches to immunological exhaustion coexist and that they only partially overlap, generating potential misunderstandings. Exploring cases ranging from viral infections to cancer, we propose that it is crucial, for experimental and therapeutic purposes, to cl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kaminski, Hannah, Lemoine, Maël, Pradeu, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34555119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009892
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Sumario:In this essay, we show that 3 distinct approaches to immunological exhaustion coexist and that they only partially overlap, generating potential misunderstandings. Exploring cases ranging from viral infections to cancer, we propose that it is crucial, for experimental and therapeutic purposes, to clarify these approaches and their interconnections so as to make the concept of exhaustion genuinely operational.