Ecological analysis of antigen-specific CTL repertoires defines the relationship between naive and immune T-cell populations

Paul G Thomas; Andreas Handel; Peter C Doherty; Nicole L La Gruta

Journal article

Ecological analysis of antigen-specific CTL repertoires defines the relationship between naive and immune T-cell populations

Paul G Thomas, Andreas Handel, Peter C Doherty, Nicole L La Gruta

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | NATL ACAD SCIENCES | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222149110

University of Melbourne Researchers

Nicole La Gruta Author Microbiology and Immunology

Peter Doherty Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Stephen Turner for helpful discussions. This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant AI628316 (to N.L.L.G.), NHMRC Program Grant AI567122 (to P.C.D.), an NHMRC R. D. Wright Career Development Award (to N.L.G.), a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship (to N.L.L.G.), and National Institutes of Health Grants AI70251 (to P.C.D.), AI065097 and AI077714 (to P.G.T.), and AI072193 (to A.H.).