Mutation is one way in which RNA viruses evade the destructive actions of CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocytes. New research shows that they employ the same method to escape attack by CD4+ T cells. (pages 795–800)
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Phillips, R., Harcourt, G. & Price, D. CD4+ T cells: The great escape. Nat Med 7, 777–778 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/89892
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