title: Like parent, like child: inheritance of effector CD8+ T cell traits.
abstract: Beuneu et al. (2010) report that the amount of antigenic stimulation initially sensed by naive CD8(+) T cells can establish differentiation set points that are stably maintained in clonal progeny to promote functional diversity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Yong Woo
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kaech