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Heterogeneity of Human CD4 + T Cells Against Microbes

Sallusto, Federica·2016·Annual Review of Immunology

Abstract

CD4 + T helper (Th) cells play a central role in the adaptive immune response by providing help to B cells and cytotoxic T cells and by releasing different types of cytokines in tissues to mediate protection against a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms. These functions are performed by different types of Th cells endowed with distinct migratory capacities and effector functions. Here we discuss how studies of the human T cell response to microbes have advanced our understanding of Th cell functional heterogeneity, in particular with the discovery of a distinct Th1 subset involved in the response to Mycobacteria and the characterization of two types of Th17 cells specific for extracellular bacteria or fungi. We also review new approaches to dissect at the clonal level the human CD4 + T cell response induced by pathogens or vaccines that have revealed an unexpected degree of intraclonal diversification and propose a progressive and selective model of CD4 + T cell differentiation.

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  • CD4+ T cells can exert protective function directly by acquiring effector and cytotoxic phenotypes, or indirectly by releasing cytokines that optimize durable CD8+ T cell responses and provide help to B cells for Ab production.

    “They can exert their protective function either directly, by acquiring effector and cytotoxic phenotypes, or indirectly, by the release of different types of cytokines that optimize durable CD8+ T cell responses and provide help to B cells for Ab production [131].”
  • Th17 cells in different tissue sites can show distinct transcriptional profiles associated with homeostatic or pathogenic functions.

    “analysis of Th17 cells in different tissue sites has revealed that Th17 cells may exhibit distinct transcriptional profiles associated with either homeostatic or pathogenic functions”

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Authors
Sallusto, F.
Affiliations
Institute for Research in Biomedicine (CH)
Corresponding author
Sallusto, Federica
Venue
Annual Review of Immunology
Published
2016-05-20
Volume
34
Issue
1
Pages
317-334
ISSN
  • 0732-0582 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-3278
OpenAlex
W2358115279
Cited by
336
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 7
FWCI
3.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Keywords
CD4+ T cells, Th1 cells, Th17 cells, mycobacteria, extracellular bacteria, T cell differentiation, vaccine-induced T cell responses
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacterial Infections, Cell Differentiation, Clone Cells, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, Humans, Mycoses, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Vaccines, CD4 Antigens, Th1 Cells, Biodiversity, Adaptive Immunity, Immunity, Humoral, Th17 Cells, Clonal Selection, Antigen-Mediated

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