ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2026
Maternal trans-vaccenic acid shapes neonatal T cell development and early-life immune imprinting.
Hao Fan, Zhong Zheng, Kaitlyn Oliphant, Jiacheng Li, Ryan Mack, Cheng-Wei Ju, Brandon Trandai, Jiayi Tu, Freya Q Zhang, Rukang Zhang and 19 more
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Zhong Zheng *Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Brandon TrandaiDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Chunzhao YinDepartment of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lei DongQuantitative Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9574-0148 Brian T LaydenDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Eugene B ChangDepartment of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Funding
cGMP Manufacture, Fill-Finish, Release, Analytical and Stability Testing and Stability Program of a Nanoparticle Based HIV Envelope Vaccine75N93022D00005 · NIAID · INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE · PI HASSELL, THOMAS · 2022 to 2025
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$7.2MMedical Scientist National Research Service AwardT32GM150375 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Raghavendra G Mirmira · 2023 to 2026
$5.5MTyrosine Kinase Signaling in Cancer Cell MetabolismR01CA140515 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Jing Chen · 2010 to 2026
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$3.7MThe Gut Microbiome Brain Axis and Preterm InfantsR01HD105234 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CLAUD, ERIKA C · 2021 to 2025
$3.4MDietary trans-vaccenic acid enhances anti-tumor immunityR01CA276568 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Jing Chen · 2023 to 2026
$1.5MDietary nutrient zeaxanthin enhances anti-tumor immunity by reprogramming CD8+ T cell functionF31CA290897 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ZHANG, FREYA QI · 2025 to 2025
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6 · The paper itselfAbstract
How maternal nutrition influences neonatal immune development and imprinting through breastfeeding remains largely unclear. We report that maternal supplementation with trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), the predominant naturally occurring trans-fatty acid in human breast milk, promoted neonatal T cell development in mice. Neonates fed by mothers on a TVA-enriched diet showed an expanded naïve cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4
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Adaptive ImmunityCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesMaternal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaOleic AcidsTh1 CellsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBreast FeedingDietary SupplementsFemaleHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledT-bet Transcription FactorT-Box Domain Proteins11-octadecenoic acidOleic AcidsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledT-bet Transcription FactorT-Box Domain Proteins
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