title: Evolution of the CD8 T-cell repertoire during infections.
abstract: CD8 T cells exist in a dynamic network whose repertoire remains static in the absence of infection but changes in the presence of foreign antigens. Individuals each have unique T-cell repertoires that continually evolve in the presence of antigen and of cross-reactive heterologous antigens, and homeostatic forces drive deletions in T-cell memory pools to accommodate the entry of new memory cells into a finite immune system.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Pathology and Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Selin
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Welsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000032:analysis; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D017735:Virus Latency
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D007371:Interferon-gamma