Nature Communications (May 2021)

Peripheral and lung resident memory T cell responses against SARS-CoV-2

  • Judith Grau-Expósito,
  • Nerea Sánchez-Gaona,
  • Núria Massana,
  • Marina Suppi,
  • Antonio Astorga-Gamaza,
  • David Perea,
  • Joel Rosado,
  • Anna Falcó,
  • Cristina Kirkegaard,
  • Ariadna Torrella,
  • Bibiana Planas,
  • Jordi Navarro,
  • Paula Suanzes,
  • Daniel Álvarez-Sierra,
  • Alfonso Ayora,
  • Irene Sansano,
  • Juliana Esperalba,
  • Cristina Andrés,
  • Andrés Antón,
  • Santiago Ramón y Cajal,
  • Benito Almirante,
  • Ricardo Pujol-Borrell,
  • Vicenç Falcó,
  • Joaquín Burgos,
  • María J. Buzón,
  • Meritxell Genescà

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23333-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Lung resident memory T (TRM) cells are important for protection from viral infection in the lungs. Here the authors use paired lung biopsy material and blood to characterize T cell responses in patients with COVID-19 over time and find persistence of antiviral lung TRM cells that might be important to limit reinfection.