Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

The circadian clock influences T cell responses to vaccination by regulating dendritic cell antigen processing

  • Mariana P. Cervantes-Silva,
  • Richard G. Carroll,
  • Mieszko M. Wilk,
  • Diana Moreira,
  • Cloe A. Payet,
  • James R. O’Siorain,
  • Shannon L. Cox,
  • Lauren E. Fagan,
  • Paula A. Klavina,
  • Yan He,
  • Tabea Drewinski,
  • Alan McGinley,
  • Sharleen M. Buel,
  • George A. Timmons,
  • James O. Early,
  • Roger J. S. Preston,
  • Jennifer M. Hurley,
  • David K. Finlay,
  • Ingmar Schoen,
  • F. Javier Sánchez-García,
  • Kingston H. G. Mills,
  • Annie M. Curtis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34897-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Circadian rhythms are known to impact a range of biological processes including in the immune system. Here the authors show how circadian rhythms modulate the T cell response to vaccination via regulation of dendritic cell metabolism.