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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13438-1
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- Dutch Cancer Society [NKI 2012-5397, 2017-11079]
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CD4(+) T cell help is required for the generation of CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) memory. Here, we use genome-wide analyses to show how CD4(+) T cell help delivered during priming promotes memory differentiation of CTLs. Help signals enhance IL-15-dependent maintenance of central memory T (T-CM) cells. More importantly, help signals regulate the size and function of the effector memory T (T-EM ) cell pool. Helped T-EM cells produce Granzyme B and IFN gamma upon antigen-independent, innate-like recall by IL-12 and IL-18. In addition, helped memory CTLs express the effector program characteristic of helped primary CTLs upon recall with MHC class I-restricted antigens, likely due to epigenetic imprinting and sustained mRNA expression of effector genes. Our data thus indicate that during priming, CD4(+) T cell help optimizes CTL memory by creating T-EM cells with innate and helpindependent antigen-specific recall capacities.
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