Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Antigen presentation by lung epithelial cells directs CD4+ TRM cell function and regulates barrier immunity

  • Anukul T. Shenoy,
  • Carolina Lyon De Ana,
  • Emad I. Arafa,
  • Isabelle Salwig,
  • Kimberly A. Barker,
  • Filiz T. Korkmaz,
  • Aditya Ramanujan,
  • Neelou S. Etesami,
  • Alicia M. Soucy,
  • Ian M. C. Martin,
  • Brian R. Tilton,
  • Anne Hinds,
  • Wesley N. Goltry,
  • Hasmeena Kathuria,
  • Thomas Braun,
  • Matthew R. Jones,
  • Lee J. Quinton,
  • Anna C. Belkina,
  • Joseph P. Mizgerd

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26045-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The maintenance of T resident memory (TRM) cells within pulmonary tissues is incompletely understood. Here the authors show that antigen presentation by lung epithelial cells maintains function and phenotype of pulmonary TRM cells within specific locational niches.