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Distribution and Compartmentalization of Human Circulating and Tissue-Resident Memory T Cell Subsets
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Knowledge of human T cells derives chiefly from studies of peripheral blood, whereas their distribution and function in tissues remains largely unknown. Here, we present a unique analysis of human T cells in lymphoid and mucosal tissues obtained from individual organ donors, revealing tissue-intrinsic compartmentalization of naive, effector, and memory subsets conserved between diverse individuals. Effector memory CD4(+) T cells producing IL-2 predominated in mucosal tissues and accumulated as central memory subsets in lymphoid tissue, whereas CD8(+) T cells were maintained as naive subsets in lymphoid tissues and IFN-γ-producing effector memory CD8(+) T cells in mucosal sites. The T cell activation marker CD69 was constitutively expressed by memory T cells in all tissues, distinguishing them from circulating subsets, with mucosal memory T cells exhibiting additional distinct phenotypic and functional properties. Our results provide an assessment of human T cell compartmentalization as a new baseline for understanding human adaptive immunity.
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“Trm do not express other putative activation markers, such as CD25, CD137, CD38, or HLA-DR [244, 253, 258, 264].”
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“Both CD8+ and CD4+ Trm have been identified in the human skin, lung, intestines, salivary glands, bone marrow, brain, spleen, tonsils, and lymph nodes [241, 244, 246, 253-259].”
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“Seeding into tissues occurs in childhood, and the resident population persists throughout adulthood”
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“Resident memory T cells in lungs, skin, and submucosal sites account for a large fraction of memory cells numbering more than 5 × 1010 cells in an individual.”
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“In this regard, it will be crucial to determine whether the total number of Trm cells established within NLTs is tightly regulated, as it appears to be for Tcm cells within LNs, or whether it is flexible, as shown for Tem cells (Vezys et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Sathaliyawala, T., Kubota, M., Yudanin, N., Turner, D., Camp, P., Thome, J. J. C., Bickham, K. L., Lerner, H., Goldstein, M., Sykes, M., Kato, T., & Farber, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Immunity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 187-197
- ISSN
- 1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3557604
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- W2082595913
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- 848
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- 14.97
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- en
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- Immunity (publishedVersion)
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- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (RC1AI086164)
- National Center for Research Resources (S10RR027050)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Keywords
- memory T cells, T cell compartmentalization, mucosal immunity, lymphoid tissue, effector memory T cells, central memory T cells, naive T cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, interleukin-2, interferon-gamma, CD69, T cell activation, tissue-resident T cells
- MeSH terms
- CD69 Antigens, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte, Female, Humans, Immunologic Memory, Male, Middle Aged, Mucous Membrane, Organ Specificity, Tissue Donors, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Antigens, CD, Immunophenotyping, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Lectins, C-Type, Integrin alpha Chains, Young Adult
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