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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Defining Memory CD8 T Cell.

Matthew D Martin, Vladimir P Badovinac

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 296 papers.

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296citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

296 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. T cell adaptation in chronic infections and tumors.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2026
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  18. Immune cell profiling reveals expanded stem cell-like memory T cells in anti-GAD65-associated neurological syndromes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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236 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthew D MartinDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Vladimir P BadovinacDepartment of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMUNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007260 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BUTLER, NOAH SULLIVAN, WU, LI · 1986 to 2023
$5.7M
Memory CD8 T cell localization and protection from influenzaR01AI114543 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BADOVINAC, VLADIMIR P, HARTY, JOHN T · 2015 to 2024
$4.4M
Impairment and recovery of CD8 T cell responses after sepsisR01GM113961 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BADOVINAC, VLADIMIR P · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114543NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007260NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113961
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD8 T cells comprising the memory pool display considerable heterogeneity, with individual cells differing in phenotype and function. This review will focus on our current understanding of heterogeneity within the antigen-specific memory CD8 T cell compartment and classifications of memory CD8 T cell subsets with defined and discrete functionalities. Recent data suggest that phenotype and/or function of numerically stable circulatory memory CD8 T cells are defined by the age of memory CD8 T cell (or time after initial antigen-encounter). In addition, history of antigen stimulations has a profound effect on memory CD8 T cell populations, suggesting that repeated infections (or vaccination) have the capacity to further shape the memory CD8 T cell pool. Finally, genetic background of hosts and history of exposure to diverse microorganisms likely contribute to the observed heterogeneity in the memory CD8 T cell compartment. Extending our tool box and exploring alternative mouse models (i.e., "dirty" and/or outbred mice) to encompass and better model diversity observed in humans will remain an important goal for the near future that will likely shed new light into the mechanisms that govern biology of memory CD8 T cells.

Indexed as

Models, ImmunologicalAgingAnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunologic MemoryMiceage of memoryCD8 T cellheterogeneityhistory of Ag enountersmemoryoutbred miceprotectionsubsets

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PMID30515169
PMCPMC6255921

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