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Rare Immune Cell Type Explains How Body Keeps Common Virus in Check – Yahoo Finance
A rare immune cell type is key to the body’s immune response to cytomegalovirus (CMV), which infects more than half of the human population, a new study…
NEW YORK, April 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A rare immune cell type is key to the body’s immune response to cytomegalovirus (CMV), which infects more than half of the human population, a new study finds.
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Published in Science Immunology on April 2, the work showed that plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) react specifically to CMV inside cells, where it “hides” from the immune system for years after an original infection. The virus can be re-activated, however, multiplying…
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