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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chung H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8410988 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chung Haerynn H Kim Eun-Ah EA Chang Jun J
Immune network 20210823 4
Lung-resident memory T cells (T<sub>RM</sub>) play an essential role in protecting against pulmonary virus infection. Parenteral administration of DNA vaccine is generally not sufficient to induce lung CD8 T<sub>RM</sub> cells. This study investigates whether intramuscularly administered DNA vaccine expressing the nucleoprotein (NP) induces lung T<sub>RM</sub> cells and protects against the influenza B virus. The results show that DNA vaccination poorly generates lung T<sub>RM</sub> cells and ma ...[more]