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Local not systemic modulation of dendritic cell S1P receptors in lung blunts virus-specific immune responses to influenza.

Immunology: Surprising side effects.

Transient FTY720 treatment promotes immune-mediated clearance of a chronic viral infection.

Brief report: Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus transmitted through solid organ transplantation--Massachusetts, 2008.

A novel virus carrier state to evaluate immunotherapeutic regimens: regulatory T cells modulate the pathogenicity of antiviral memory cells.

Detection of the antibody to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in sera of laboratory rodents infected with viruses of laboratory and newly isolated strains by ELISA using purified recombinant nucleoprotein.

Aggravation of viral hepatitis by platelet-derived serotonin.

Rescue of cytotoxic function in the CD8alpha knockout mouse by removal of MHC class II.

Genomic and biological characterization of aggressive and docile strains of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus rescued from a plasmid-based reverse-genetics system.

Overexpression of lymphotoxin in T cells induces fulminant thymic involution.

Increasing the CD4+ T cell precursor frequency leads to competition for IFN-gamma thereby degrading memory cell quantity and quality.

Effective T-cell immune responses in the absence of the serine/threonine kinase RIP2.

Tentative T cells: memory cells are quick to respond, but slow to divide.

IRAK-4 kinase activity is required for IRAK-4-dependent innate and adaptive immune responses.

Effects of IL-7 on memory CD8 T cell homeostasis are influenced by the timing of therapy in mice.

Absence of CTL responses to early viral antigens facilitates viral persistence.

Regulation of immune response and inflammatory reactions against viral infection by VCAM-1.

Apoptosis Regulators Bim and Fas Function Concurrently to Control Autoimmunity and CD8+ T Cell Contraction

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection of CNS glial cells results in TLR2-MyD88/Mal-dependent inflammatory responses.

Platelets prevent IFN-alpha/beta-induced lethal hemorrhage promoting CTL-dependent clearance of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.