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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
T cell dysfunction is an important feature of many chronic viral infections. In particular, it was shown that programmed death-1 (PD-1) regulates T cell dysfunction during chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in mice, and PD-1(hi) cells exhibit an intense exhausted gene signature. These findings were extended to human chronic infections such as HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus. However, it is not known if PD-1(hi) cells of healthy humans have the traits of exhausted cells. In this study, we provide a comprehensive description of phenotype, function, and gene expression profiles of PD-1(hi) versus PD-1(lo) CD8 T cells in the peripheral blood of healthy human adults as follows: 1) the percentage of naive and memory CD8 T cells varied widely in the peripheral blood cells of healthy humans, and PD-1 was expressed by the memory CD8 T cells; 2) PD-1(hi) CD8 T cells in healthy humans did not significantly correlate with the PD-1(hi) exhausted gene signature of HIV-specific human CD8 T cells or chronic lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-specific CD8 T cells from mice; 3) PD-1 expression did not directly affect the ability of CD8 T cells to secrete cytokines in healthy adults; 4) PD-1 was expressed by the effector memory compared with terminally differentiated effector CD8 T cells; and 5) finally, an interesting inverse relationship between CD45RA and PD-1 expression was observed. In conclusion, our study shows that most PD-1(hi) CD8 T cells in healthy adult humans are effector memory cells rather than exhausted cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4200-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-G0 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:21383243-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Phenotype, function, and gene expression profiles of programmed death-1(hi) CD8 T cells in healthy human adults.
pubmed:affiliation
Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural