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Transcriptional control of effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation

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Kaech, Susan M., Cui, Weiguo·2012·Nature Reviews Immunology

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During an infection, T cells can differentiate into multiple types of effector and memory T cells, which help to mediate pathogen clearance and provide long-term protective immunity. These cells can vary in their phenotype, function and location, and in their long-term fate in terms of their ability to populate the memory T cell pool. Over the past decade, the signalling pathways and transcriptional programmes that regulate the formation of heterogeneous populations of effector and memory CD8(+) T cells have started to be characterized, and this Review discusses the major advances in these areas.

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  • IL-10- and IL-21-mediated STAT3 activation helps generate stable, long-lived memory CD8+ T cells through regulating Eomes, BCL6, and Blimp1.

    “IL-10– and IL-21–mediated STAT3 activation”

    From Targeting Janus Kinases and Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 To Treat Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Cancer: Rationale, Progress, and Caution (2020) · cites this paper as Kaech and Cui, 2012

    The ‘effector to memory T cell transition’ section links IL-10 and IL-21 to STAT3-dependent maturation of memory CD8+ T cells, and the ‘STAT3, STAT4 and STAT5’ section says STAT3 sustains EOMES and BCL-6 expression. The ‘BLIMP1 and BCL-6’ section says BLIMP1 declines as memory cells mature, but does not establish that STAT3 promotes long-lived memory cells by regulating BLIMP1; it also describes the proposed cytokine effect on BCL-6 as likely rather than established. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Eomes has been correlated with Tcm cell development.

    “Eomes in particular has been correlated with Tcm cell development [228]”
  • In acute infections, antigen-specific CD8 T cells differentiate into functional cytotoxic effector and memory T cells.

    “In acute infections, antigen-specific CD8 T cells differentiate into functional cytotoxic effector and memory T cells2.”

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Authors
Kaech, S. M., & Cui, W.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Kaech, Susan M.
Venue
Nature Reviews Immunology
Published
2012-10-19
Volume
12
Issue
11
Pages
749-761
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2043793366
Cited by
1,628
References
140
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI081150, R21AI097767, R01AI074699, R01AI066232)
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
CD8+ T cells, effector T cell differentiation, memory T cell differentiation, transcriptional regulation, costimulatory molecules, inflammatory cytokines, T cell metabolism, T cell fate, T cell heterogeneity, infection immunity
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Differentiation, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Immunologic Memory, Infections, Lymphocyte Activation, Transcription, Genetic, Signal Transduction, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes

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