Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Single-cell RNA sequencing unveils an IL-10-producing helper subset that sustains humoral immunity during persistent infection

  • Gang Xin,
  • Ryan Zander,
  • David M. Schauder,
  • Yao Chen,
  • Jason S. Weinstein,
  • William R. Drobyski,
  • Vera Tarakanova,
  • Joseph Craft,
  • Weiguo Cui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07492-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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During chronic infection CD4+ T cells can progressively acquire IL-10 producing functionality. Here the authors use single cell RNA sequencing to interrogate the IL10 CD4+ T cell compartment in a murine model of chronic infection and identify Il10-producing Tfh involved in promotion of the antiviral humoral immune response.