Apoptosis Immunology
New apoptosis immunology study findings have been published by scientists at United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, 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....
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