The quest for CD8+ memory stem cells.
In this issue of Immunity, Turtle et al. (2009) describe the identification of a distinct CD8(+) memory T cell subset in humans, which could bring us closer to the identification of the enigmatic "memory stem cell."
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Michael
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Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich 81675, Germany.
Busch
Dirk H
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D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*