Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

SIV-induced terminally differentiated adaptive NK cells in lymph nodes associated with enhanced MHC-E restricted activity

  • Nicolas Huot,
  • Philippe Rascle,
  • Caroline Petitdemange,
  • Vanessa Contreras,
  • Christina M. Stürzel,
  • Eduard Baquero,
  • Justin L. Harper,
  • Caroline Passaes,
  • Rachel Legendre,
  • Hugo Varet,
  • Yoann Madec,
  • Ulrike Sauermann,
  • Christiane Stahl-Hennig,
  • Jacob Nattermann,
  • Asier Saez-Cirion,
  • Roger Le Grand,
  • R. Keith Reeves,
  • Mirko Paiardini,
  • Frank Kirchhoff,
  • Beatrice Jacquelin,
  • Michaela Müller-Trutwin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21402-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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NK cells control SIV infection in secondary lymphoid tissues in the natural host that typically doesn’t progress toward disease. Here the authors show that this control is associated with terminal NK cell differentiation and improved MHC-E-dependent activity lacking in pathogenic SIV infection.