Examination of T-bet and Granzyme B revealed no differences between wild-type and aPKC-deficient CD8+ T cells; however, we observed that aPKC-deficient CD8+ T lymphocytes displayed decreased expression of Eomes and Bcl2 compared to wild-type control cells at both 5 and 7 days post-infection (Fig. 5d,e). Here, CD8A is linked to infection.