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Apoptosis Immunology
New apoptosis immunology study findings have been published by scientists at United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
May 6th, 2008
New research, 'Functional CD8+ T cell responses in lethal Ebola virus infection,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "Ebola virus (EBOV) causes highly lethal hemorrhagic fever that leads to death in up to 90% of infected humans. Like many other infections, EBOV induces massive lymphocyte apoptosis, which is thought to prevent the development of a functional adaptive immune response." "In a lethal mouse model of EBOV infection, we show that there is an increase in expression of the activation/maturation marker CD44 in CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells late in infection, preceding a dramatic rebound of lymphocyte numbers in the blood....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-06)
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