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Human T Cell Development, Localization, and Function throughout Life
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Throughout life, T cells coordinate multiple aspects of adaptive immunity, including responses to pathogens, allergens, and tumors. In mouse models, the role of T cells is studied in the context of a specific type of pathogen, antigen, or disease condition over a limited time frame, whereas in humans, T cells control multiple insults simultaneously throughout the body and maintain immune homeostasis over decades. In this review, we discuss how human T cells develop and provide essential immune protection at different life stages and highlight tissue localization and subset delineation as key determinants of the T cell functional role in immune responses. We also discuss how anatomic compartments undergo distinct age-associated changes in T cell subset composition and function over a lifetime. It is important to consider age and tissue influences on human T cells when developing targeted strategies to modulate T cell-mediated immunity in vaccines and immunotherapies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kumar, B. V., Connors, T. J., & Farber, D. L.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- ORCID
- Connors, Thomas J.
- Venue
- Immunity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 202-213
- ISSN
- 1074-7613 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5826622
- OpenAlex
- W2789026035
- Cited by
- 1,257
- References
- 132
- Citations by year
- 2026: 100 · 2025: 181 · 2024: 213 · 2023: 207 · 2022: 233 · 2021: 171 · 2020: 85 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 19
- FWCI
- 8.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Immunity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH (AI106697, AI128949)
- 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
- T cell development, T cell localization, T cell subsets, immunosenescence, tissue localization, immune homeostasis, adaptive immunity, age-related changes, T cell immunity, vaccines, immunotherapy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Immunologic Memory, T-Lymphocytes, Tissue Distribution, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Lymphopoiesis, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Adaptive Immunity
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