After detecting high selectin ligand expression on non-specifically recruited memory P14 CD8 T cells following several irrelevant pathogen infections, it was demonstrated, through use of blocking antibodies to P- and E-selectin or P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1, that non-specific recruitment of memory CD8 T cells to inflamed sites was dependent on selectin binding. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is infection.