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Cytotoxic T cells that escape exhaustion

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T cells of the immune system mount antiviral responses, but if a response fails, a chronic viral infection can develop. It now seems that a T-cell subset in lymphoid immune tissues can control chronic infection. See Letters p.412 & p.417

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Figure 1: A T-cell subset that targets chronic viral infection.

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Ma, C., Tangye, S. Cytotoxic T cells that escape exhaustion. Nature 537, 312–314 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19428

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