Hepatitis C (HCV) & Stem-like CD8+ T cells (CD8+SL)

We thus provide evidence for the establishment of memory-like virus-specific CD8+ T cells in a clinically relevant setting of chronic viral infection and we uncover their fate after cessation of chronic antigen stimulation, implicating a potential strategy for antiviral immunotherapy
Wieland et al. 2017 Nat. Commun. 8: 15050

see also:
Transcription factor 7 (T-cell specific, HMG-box) (TCF7)