A role for the chemokine RANTES in regulating CD8 T cell responses during chronic viral infection.

RANTES (CCL5) is a chemokine expressed by many hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cell types that plays an important role in homing and migration of effector and memory T cells during acute infections. The RANTES receptor, CCR5, is a major target of anti-HIV drugs based on blocking viral entry. How...

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Main Authors: Alison Crawford, Jill Marie Angelosanto, Kim Lynn Nadwodny, Shawn D Blackburn, E John Wherry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3141034?pdf=render