SnapShot: effector and memory T cell differentiation.
SnapShot: effector and memory T cell differentiation.
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快照:效应 T 细胞和记忆 T 细胞分化。
DOI:
10.1016/j.cell.2009.07.020
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
Rao,Anjana
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作者:
Pipkin,MatthewE;Rao,Anjana
The differentiation of T cells is an ideal system to study the molecular basis of lineage specification in mammalian cells. Upon stimulation with antigen during infection or inflammation, naive peripheral T cells differentiate into various types of effector T cells with specific immune functions. Naive CD4+ T cells differentiate into at least four subsets (lineages) of T helper (Th) cells: Th1, Th2, Th17, or “induced” regulatory T cells (iTregs). Each subset is distinguished by the cytokines that they produce (Ansel et al., 2006; Lee et al., 2006; Zhou et al., 2009). Naive CD8+ T cells differentiate into effector cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTLEff) that kill infected host cells using the poreforming protein perforin and serine esterases called granzymes (Cruz-Guilloty et al., 2009). Alternatively, naive CD8+ T cells can differentiate into memory CTLs (CTLMem) that survive long-term and protect the host from reinfection (Kaech and Wherry, 2007). T cell differentiation is in large part determined by signals from the environment and is shaped by numerous feedback and feed-forward loops (bold arrows) that modulate and reinforce the direction in which differentiation proceeds (Singh, 2007). Transcription factors (boxes) play a key role in this process by forming networks in which they reinforce or oppose each other’s actions. This SnapShot illustrates the differentiation pathways for several of the best characterized T cell subsets.