Ready and waiting to go

Laura Rivino; Linda Wooldridge

doi:10.7554/eLife.85080

Ready and waiting to go

Elife. 2023 Jan 6:12:e85080. doi: 10.7554/eLife.85080.

Authors

Laura Rivino¹, Linda Wooldridge²

Affiliations

¹ School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
² Bristol Veterinary School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Some T cells that have been activated by a herpesvirus can also respond to SARS-CoV-2, even if the original herpesvirus infection happened before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: HCMV; SARS-CoV-2; T cells; cross-reactivity; heterologous immunity; human; immunology; inflammation.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Herpesviridae*
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
T-Lymphocytes