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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages 1086-U95Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2106
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- US National Institutes of Health [R01 AI064584, R01 AI050265, R01 AG10152, CA009385]
- Vanderbilt University Digestive Disease Research Center
- Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for AIDS Research
- Austrian Science Fund [S9308-B05]
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
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The presence of immune memory at pathogen-entry sites is a prerequisite for protection. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that warrant immunity at peripheral interfaces are not understood. Here we show that the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule thymus leukemia antigen (TL), induced on dendritic cells interacting with CD8 alpha alpha on activated CD8 alpha beta(+) T cells, mediated affinity-based selection of memory precursor cells. Furthermore, constitutive expression of TL on epithelial cells led to continued selection of mature CD8 alpha beta(+) memory T cells. The memory process driven by TL and CD8 alpha alpha was essential for the generation of CD8 alpha beta(+) memory T cells in the intestine and the accumulation of highly antigen-sensitive CD8 alpha beta(+) memory T cells that form the first line of defense at the largest entry port for pathogens.
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