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ReviewInternational immunology2010

Making memories that last a lifetime: heritable functions of self-renewing memory CD8 T cells.

Ben Youngblood, Carl W Davis, Rafi Ahmed

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Review in International immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ben YoungbloodEmory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
Carl W Davis
Rafi Ahmed
Emory Healthcare · USEmory University · US

Funding

T CELL MEMORY TO VIRUSESR01AI030048 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI AHMED, RAFI · 1990 to 2022
$5.2M
TRAINING IN IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIST32AI007610 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI EVAVOLD, BRIAN D · 2000 to 2014
$4.4M
T CELL MEMORY TO VIRUSESR37AI030048 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI AHMED, RAFI · 2001 to 2010
$3.9M
IMMUNE FUNCTION AND BIODEFENSE IN CHILDREN. ELDERLY AND IMMUNOCOMPROMI-266050025N01AI050025 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LARSON, CHRIS · 2006 to 2006
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NIAID NIH HHS 5-T32-AI007610NIAID NIH HHS AI030048NIAID NIH HHS N01-AI-50025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clonal expansion of virus-specific naive T cells during an acute viral infection results in the formation of memory CD8 T cells that provide the host with long-term protective immunity against the pathogen. Memory CD8 T cells display enhanced effector functions compared with their naive precursors, allowing them to respond more rapidly and effectively to antigen re-encounter. The enhanced functions of memory CD8 T cells are mediated by heritable changes in gene regulation. Expression of select transcription factors along with locus-specific epigenetic modifications are coupled to and are essential in the formation of memory-specific gene expression patterns. Here, we will review the changes in gene expression that accompany development of memory CD8 T cells and discuss chromatin modifications as a potential means for heritable propagation of these changes during homeostatic cell division of self-renewing memory CD8 T cells. Also, we will discuss therapies that manipulate heritable gene regulation as a potential mechanism to restore function to non-functional memory CD8 T cells to combat chronic viral infection.

Indexed as

EpigenomicsAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationCell DivisionGene Expression RegulationHumansImmunologic MemoryLymphocyte ActivationMiceVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID20732857
PMCPMC2946216
OpenAlexW2129614711

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