In Vitro Stimulation with Live SARS-CoV-2 Suggests Th17 Dominance In Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cell Response after COVID-19
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Participants
2.2. Viruses
2.3. PBMC Isolation and Stimulation with SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Viruses
2.4. Activation Induced Cell Marker Assay and Flow Cytometry
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kudryavtsev, I.; Matyushenko, V.; Stepanova, E.; Vasilyev, K.; Rudenko, L.; Isakova-Sivak, I. In Vitro Stimulation with Live SARS-CoV-2 Suggests Th17 Dominance In Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cell Response after COVID-19. Vaccines 2022, 10, 1544. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091544
Kudryavtsev I, Matyushenko V, Stepanova E, Vasilyev K, Rudenko L, Isakova-Sivak I. In Vitro Stimulation with Live SARS-CoV-2 Suggests Th17 Dominance In Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cell Response after COVID-19. Vaccines. 2022; 10(9):1544. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091544
Chicago/Turabian StyleKudryavtsev, Igor, Victoria Matyushenko, Ekaterina Stepanova, Kirill Vasilyev, Larisa Rudenko, and Irina Isakova-Sivak. 2022. "In Vitro Stimulation with Live SARS-CoV-2 Suggests Th17 Dominance In Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cell Response after COVID-19" Vaccines 10, no. 9: 1544. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091544
APA StyleKudryavtsev, I., Matyushenko, V., Stepanova, E., Vasilyev, K., Rudenko, L., & Isakova-Sivak, I. (2022). In Vitro Stimulation with Live SARS-CoV-2 Suggests Th17 Dominance In Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cell Response after COVID-19. Vaccines, 10(9), 1544. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10091544