Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Unique phenotypes and clonal expansions of human CD4 effector memory T cells re-expressing CD45RA

  • Yuan Tian,
  • Mariana Babor,
  • Jerome Lane,
  • Veronique Schulten,
  • Veena S. Patil,
  • Grégory Seumois,
  • Sandy L. Rosales,
  • Zheng Fu,
  • Gaelle Picarda,
  • Julie Burel,
  • Jose Zapardiel-Gonzalo,
  • Rashika N. Tennekoon,
  • Aruna D. De Silva,
  • Sunil Premawansa,
  • Gayani Premawansa,
  • Ananda Wijewickrama,
  • Jason A. Greenbaum,
  • Pandurangan Vijayanand,
  • Daniela Weiskopf,
  • Alessandro Sette,
  • Bjoern Peters

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01728-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Memory T cells are essential for combating recurring infection by promoting prompt and effective immune responses. Here the authors show, via system biology approaches, that human CD4 memory T cells contains a CD45RA-rexpressing pool that can be further subsetted by the expression of GPR56 for distinct functionalities.