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. 1975;52(4-6):465–470.

Immune responses to LCM virus infection in vivo and in vitro

Mechanisms of immunemediated disease*

G A Cole, E D Johnson
PMCID: PMC2366627  PMID: 1085206

Abstract

Both recovery and death of mice following acute infections with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus appear to be mediated by a population of virus-specific thymus-derived (T) effector lymphocytes that possess lytic activity in vitro against virus-infected syngeneic fibroblasts. Whether recovery or death occurs is determined by the balance between two interdependent factors: (1) the extent of virus-induced modifications in the surfaces of cells comprising “target” tissues, and (2) the efficiency of the immune inductive process leading to the generation of effector T lymphocytes that recognize and destroy these modified cells.

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