A Higher Activation Threshold of Memory CD8+ T Cells Has a Fitness Cost That Is Modified by TCR Affinity during Tuberculosis.

T cell vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and other pathogens are based on the principle that memory T cells rapidly generate effector responses upon challenge, leading to pathogen clearance. Despite eliciting a robust memory CD8+ T cell response to the immunodominant Mtb antigen TB10...

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Main Authors: Stephen M Carpenter, Cláudio Nunes-Alves, Matthew G Booty, Sing Sing Way, Samuel M Behar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005380