Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Th1 responses in vivo require cell-specific provision of OX40L dictated by environmental cues

  • Dominika W. Gajdasik,
  • Fabrina Gaspal,
  • Emily E. Halford,
  • Remi Fiancette,
  • Emma E. Dutton,
  • Claire Willis,
  • Timo Rückert,
  • Chiara Romagnani,
  • Audrey Gerard,
  • Sarah L. Bevington,
  • Andrew S. MacDonald,
  • Marina Botto,
  • Timothy Vyse,
  • David R. Withers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17293-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The OX40-OX40L axis is a crucial component of the costimulatory requirement of CD4 T cell responses. Here, the authors show context and cell type specific expression of OX40L for driving Th1 cell generation during acute and chronic models of infection.