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2004 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers review cytomegalovirus-specific cellular immune responses in a recent issue of Human Immunology.
According to recent research from Switzerland, "A large percentage of healthy individuals (50-9%) is chronically infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV). Over the past few years, several techniques were developed in order to monitor CMV-specific T-cell responses. In addition to the identification of antigen-specific T cells with peptide-loaded MHC complexes, most of the current strategies to identify CMV-specific T cells are centered on the assessment of the functions of memory T cells including their ability to mediate effector function, to proliferate or to secrete cytokines following antigen-specific stimulation."
"The investigation of these functions has allowed the characterization of the CMV-specific T-cell responses that are present during different phases of the infection," said Alexandre Harari and colleagues at the University of Lausanne. "Furthermore, it has also been shown that the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Cytomegalovirus-specific cellular immune responses reviewed.