While the effector phenotypic profile of the non-inflationary M45-specific T cells is gradually turned into a predominant central-memory (CM; CD44highCD62L+ KLRG1−) phenotype, the CD8+ T cells that are specific for the inflationary epitopes exhibit an increased effector-type appearance even after the acute phase of infection (Figure 2B; Figure S1B in Supplementary Material). Here, CD8A is linked to infection.