Respiratory DC Use IFITM3 to Avoid Direct Viral Infection and Safeguard Virus-Specific CD8( ) T Cell Priming

Giuseppe Infusini; Jeffrey M Smith; He Yuan; Angela Pizzolla; Wy Ching Ng; Sarah L Londrigan; Ashraful Haque; Patrick C Reading; Jose A Villadangos; Linda M Wakim

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Respiratory DC Use IFITM3 to Avoid Direct Viral Infection and Safeguard Virus-Specific CD8( ) T Cell Priming

Giuseppe Infusini, Jeffrey M Smith, He Yuan, Angela Pizzolla, Wy Ching Ng, Sarah L Londrigan, Ashraful Haque, Patrick C Reading, Jose A Villadangos, Linda M Wakim

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143539

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Angela Pizzolla Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Linda Wakim Author Microbiology and Immunology

Patrick Reading Author Microbiology and Immunology

Jose Villadangos Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Giuseppe Infusini Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia, with additional support from the University of Melbourne (Early Career Establishment Grant) and Bio21 Institute/CSL Ltd. J. A. Villadangos is a NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and L. Wakim is a NHMRC Career Development Fellow. The Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.