Antiviral T cell responses

نویسندگان

  • David N. Posnett
  • Manuel E. Engelhorn
  • Alan N. Houghton
چکیده

Around 700 BCE, a new military formation called the phalanx was established in ancient Greece: a tight column of heavy infantry carrying long spears, or pikes, used in a single prong of attack. Later, in the battle of Marathon described by Herodotus, the Greeks learned the advantages of multipronged attacks, a strategy still used in modern warfare. Is the immune system similar in its approach to combatting pathogens or tumors?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine

دوره 201  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005