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Cross-dressers turn on T cells

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Memory T cells remember viruses from previous infections, providing immunity by facilitating the killing of infected cells. For this, they exploit cross-dressing, the transfer of antigens between antigen-presenting cells. See Letter p.629

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Figure 1: Pathways to antigen presentation.

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