Limited protection against early-life cytomegalovirus infection results from deficiency of cytotoxic CD8T cells
Luís Fonseca Brito, Eléonore Ostermann, Anna Perez, Silvia Tödter, Sanamjeet Virdi, Daniela Indenbirken, Laura Glau, Anna Gieras, Renke Brixel, Ramon Arens, Adam Grundhoff, Petra Arck, Anke Diemert, Eva Tolosa, Wolfram Brune, Felix Rolf Stahl
This study shows that deficiency of cytotoxic CD8 T cells in early life leads to limited protection against cytomegalovirus infection.
PLoS Pathogens · Apr 20, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology