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Chu, T.* ; Wu, M.* ; Höllbacher, B. ; de Almeida, G.P.* ; Wurmser, C.* ; Berner, J.* ; Donhauser, L.V.* ; Ann-Katrin, G.* ; Lin, S.* ; Cepeda-Mayorga, J.D.* ; Kilb, I.I.* ; Bongers, L.* ; Toppeta, F.* ; Strobl, P.* ; Youngblood, B.* ; Schulz, A.M.* ; Zippelius, A.* ; Knolle, P.A.* ; Heinig, M. ; Hackstein, C.P.* ; Zehn, D.*

Precursors of exhausted T cells are preemptively formed in acute infection.

Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08451-4 (2025)
Verlagsversion Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
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T cell exhaustion limits effector T cell function in chronic infection and tumors1,2. The development of these hypofunctional T cells and of their precursors was considered to require stimulatory conditions met only upon persisting exposure to antigen and inflammation. In sharp contrast, we found similar T cell populations in the early phase of acute infections1,2. At that stage early developing TCF1+ precursor population shows an unexpected diversity, which includes precursors of normal memory T cells but also cells with a phenotype, gene-expression, and epigenetic profile that resembles precursors of exhausted T cells found in chronic infections. We demonstrate that high ligand affinity promotes, and PD-1 signaling restricts the development of these precursors. While these exhausted precursors are initially frequently found, they decline without being completely lost in infections the immune system resolves. We therefore concluded that precursor T cells with at least two distinct phenotypes are preemptively generated irrespectively of the outcome of the infection.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Differentiation; Quantification; Persistence; Dysfunction; Receptors; Phenotype; Cancer; States; Limits
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0028-0836
e-ISSN 1476-4687
Zeitschrift Nature
Verlag Nature Publishing Group
Verlagsort London
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
Förderungen German Israeli Foundation (GIF)
German Research Foundation
European Research Council
San Salvatore Foundation
Helmholtz Association under the joint research school Munich School for Data Science (MUDS)