The Immune System, T-Cells, and Covid-19
So far we’ve been pretty focused on the antibody side of things during the pandemic, but recent work suggests that T Cells aren’t sitting this one out, and that could mean something significant in terms of immunity, even for people who haven’t been infected with the new coronavirus.
Sources:
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30610-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2598-9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32753554/
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31008-4?rss=yes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32818218/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z
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