Viral immunity: interferons jog old T-cell memories.
The mechanism by which life-long immunity to viruses persists is a matter of some controversy. Interferons induced by subsequent unrelated viral infections may propagate existing memory T cells non-specifically.
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Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007156:Immunologic Memory / Q000276:immunology*; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology*
D007370:Interferon Type I