In Vitro Correlates of L-Restricted Resistance to Toxoplasmic Encephalitis and Their Critical Dependence on Parasite Strain
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In vitro correlates of Ld-restricted resistance to toxoplasmic encephalitis and their critical dependence on parasite strain.
Resistance to murine toxoplasmic encephalitis has been precisely and definitively mapped to the L(d) class I gene. Consistent with this, CD8(+) T cells can adoptively transfer resistance to toxoplasmic encephalitis. However, cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells, capable of killing class I-matched, infected target cells, are generated during the course of Toxoplasma gondii infection even in mice lacking the...
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