Figure 3.
Dynamics of the CD8+ T‐cell response during sequential heterologous virus infections. This figure demonstrates the kinetics of virus growth, interferon synthesis, virus‐induced lymphopenia, T‐cell expansion and then apoptotic decline, and stability of CD8+ memory in mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. It shows the enhancement of T cells specific to cross‐reactive (cxr) and the attrition against non‐cxr epitopes after challenge with a heterologous virus, such as Pichinde virus. Reprinted, with permission, from the Annual Reviews of Immunology, Volume 22 ©2004 by Annual Reviews http://www.annualreviews.org.