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The molecular basis of the memory T cell response: differential gene expression and its epigenetic regulation

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Weng, Nan-ping, Araki, Yasuto, Subedi, Kalpana·2012·Nature Reviews Immunology

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How the immune system remembers a previous encounter with a pathogen and responds more efficiently to a subsequent encounter has been one of the central enigmas for immunologists for over a century. The identification of pathogen-specific memory lymphocytes that arise after an infection provided a cellular basis for immunological memory. But the molecular mechanisms of immunological memory remain only partially understood. The emerging evidence suggests that epigenetic changes have a key role in controlling the distinct transcriptional profiles of memory lymphocytes and thus in shaping their function. In this Review, we summarize the recent progress that has been made in assessing the differential gene expression and chromatin modifications in memory CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, and we present our current understanding of the molecular basis of memory T cell function.

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Authors
Weng, N.-P., Araki, Y., & Subedi, K.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Weng, Nan-ping
Venue
Nature Reviews Immunology
Published
2012-03-16
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
306-315
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2084317828
Cited by
290
References
68
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FWCI
2.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (23790544)
  • National Institute on Aging (ZIAAG000112)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
memory T cells, immunological memory, epigenetic regulation, chromatin modification, differential gene expression, naive T cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, gene expression profiling
MeSH terms
Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Immunologic Memory, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Epigenesis, Genetic

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