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16237050

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
As memory CD8 T cells form during acute viral infection, several changes in gene expression and function occur, but little is known about the control of this process. It was reported previously that the homodimer CD8alphaalpha was involved in generating IL-7Ralphahigh memory CD8 T cell precursors, and consequently, protective memory CD8 T cells did not form in animals significantly impaired in CD8alphaalpha expression (E8(I)-/- mice). However, the precise contribution of CD8alphaalpha to sustained IL-7Ralpha expression and other memory CD8 T cell-associated changes has not been investigated. We found that IL-7Ralpha expression and generation of memory CD8 T cells that protect against secondary viral infection was considerably normal in E8(I)-/- animals. Interestingly, virus-specific CD4 T cell responses were elevated, and the relative surface levels of CD8alphabeta in activated T cells were reduced in E8(I)-/- mice compared with wild-type animals. Our results indicate that memory CD8 T cell development can occur independently of CD8alphaalpha.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5619-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cutting edge: memory CD8 T cell maturation occurs independently of CD8alphaalpha.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural