(2001).
" Detection and analysis of antigen-specific CD8+ T cells.
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Immunol Res.
24,
325-32.
PMID:
11817329
DOI:
10.1385/IR:24:3:325
Based on recent advances in techniques that can detect and enumerate antigen-specific CD8+ T cells, it is evident that these cells can differentially regulate CD8+ T cell effector mechanisms at the single-cell level. Interplay between effector mechanisms that are employed by antigen-specific CD8+ T cells during the immune response in vivo can be addressed with different techniques that "count" cells either directly (T cell receptor (TCR) expression) or indirectly (antigen-specific cytokine production).