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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2016

XCR1+ dendritic cells promote memory CD8+ T cell recall upon secondary infections with Listeria monocytogenes or certain viruses.

Yannick O Alexandre, Sonia Ghilas, Cindy Sanchez, Agnès Le Bon, Karine Crozat, Marc Dalod

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 108 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yannick O AlexandreCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France.
Sonia GhilasCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France.
Cindy SanchezCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France.
Agnès Le BonInstitut Cochin, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1016, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8104, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75014 Paris, France.
Karine CrozatCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France crozat@ciml.univ-mrs.fr dalod@ciml.univ-mrs.fr.
Marc DalodCentre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix Marseille Université UM2, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1104, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7280, 13288 Marseille, France crozat@ciml.univ-mrs.fr dalod@ciml.univ-mrs.fr.
Aix-Marseille Université · FRCentre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy · FRInstitut Cochin · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naive CD8(+) T cell priming during tumor development or many primary infections requires cross-presentation by XCR1(+) dendritic cells (DCs). Memory CD8(+) T lymphocytes (mCTLs) harbor a lower activation threshold as compared with naive cells. However, whether their recall responses depend on XCR1(+) DCs is unknown. By using a new mouse model allowing fluorescent tracking and conditional depletion of XCR1(+) DCs, we demonstrate a differential requirement of these cells for mCTL recall during secondary infections by different pathogens. XCR1(+) DCs were instrumental to promote this function upon secondary challenges with Listeria monocytogenes, vesicular stomatitis virus, or Vaccinia virus, but dispensable in the case of mouse cytomegalovirus. We deciphered how XCR1(+) DCs promote mCTL recall upon secondary infections with Listeria. By visualizing for the first time the in vivo choreography of XCR1(+) DCs, NK cells and mCTLs during secondary immune responses, and by neutralizing in vivo candidate molecules, we demonstrate that, very early after infection, mCTLs are activated, and attracted in a CXCR3-dependent manner, by NK cell-boosted, IL-12-, and CXCL9-producing XCR1(+) DCs. Hence, depending on the infectious agent, strong recall of mCTLs during secondary challenges can require cytokine- and chemokine-dependent cross-talk with XCR1(+) DCs and NK cells.

Indexed as

Immunologic MemoryAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChemokine CXCL9Dendritic CellsGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGenes, ReporterHost-Pathogen InteractionsInterferon-gammaInterleukin-12Killer Cells, NaturalListeria monocytogenesListeriosisLymphocyte ActivationMiceChemokine CXCL9Interferon-gammaInterleukin-12Receptors, ChemokineXC chemokine receptor 1, mouse

Identifiers

PMID26694969
PMCPMC4710197
OpenAlexW2196638295

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