The Batman and Robin of liver-stage immunity to malaria

Trends Parasitol. 2021 Nov 23:S1471-4922(21)00282-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.11.002. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMalaria parasites replicate within the liver shortly after infection. This stage can be controlled by CD8 T cells, but which subsets undertake this function is unclear. Lefebvre et al. now elegantly show that effector memory T (TEM) cells are avid participants, working as a dynamic duo with liver tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells to combat infection.PMID:34836817 | DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2021.11.002
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