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ReviewImmunology2010

Generation, persistence and plasticity of CD4 T-cell memories.

Jason R Lees, Donna L Farber

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Review in Immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Revisiting the Principles of Designing a Vaccine.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  10. Altered circulating CCR6Arthritis research & therapy · 2021
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  14. Role of Host and Parasite MIF Cytokines duringTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2020
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  18. Mechanisms underlying T cell ageing.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2019
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  19. CD4 TFrontiers in immunology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jason R LeesDepartment of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Donna L Farber

Funding

The Impact of Bacterial Co-Infectin on Respiratory Virus-Specific T cell ResponseU19AI083022 · NIAID · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI ERIKSON, JAN S. · 2009 to 2013
$10.7M
NIAID NIH HHS AI083022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of immune memory mediated by T lymphocytes is central to durable, long-lasting protective immunity. A key issue in the field is how to direct the generation and persistence of memory T cells to elicit the appropriate secondary response to provide protection to a specific pathogen. Two prevailing views have emerged; that cellular and molecular regulators control the lineage fate and functional capacities of memory T cells early after priming, or alternatively, that populations of memory T cells are inherently plastic and subject to alterations in function and/or survival at many stages during their long-term maintenance. Here, we will review current findings in CD4 T-cell memory that suggest inherent plasticity in populations of memory CD4 T cells at all stages of their development--originating with their generation from multiple types of primed CD4 T cells, during their persistence and homeostatic turnover in response to T-cell receptor signals, and also following secondary challenge. These multiple aspects of memory CD4 T-cell flexibility contrast the more defined lineages and functions ascribed to memory CD8 T cells, suggesting a dynamic nature to memory CD4 T-cell populations and responses. The flexible attributes of CD4 T-cell memory suggest opportunities and mechanisms for therapeutic manipulation at all phases of immune memory development, maintenance and recall.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationImmunologic MemoryAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHomeostasisHumansReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID20465569
PMCPMC2913257

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