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Long-‘Trm’ protection of the CNS

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A new report finds that peripheral immunization generates tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells in the central nervous system that provide robust protection against local infection.

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Fig. 1: Tissue-resident memory T cell formation in the central nervous system.

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Kovacs, M.A., Harris, T.H. Long-‘Trm’ protection of the CNS. Nat Immunol 21, 825–826 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-0716-3

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