2023
The β1-adrenergic receptor links sympathetic nerves to T cell exhaustion
Globig A, Zhao S, Roginsky J, Maltez V, Guiza J, Avina-Ochoa N, Heeg M, Araujo Hoffmann F, Chaudhary O, Wang J, Senturk G, Chen D, O’Connor C, Pfaff S, Germain R, Schalper K, Emu B, Kaech S. The β1-adrenergic receptor links sympathetic nerves to T cell exhaustion. Nature 2023, 622: 383-392. PMID: 37731001, PMCID: PMC10871066, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06568-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint blockadeCell exhaustionExhausted CD8Sympathetic nervesT cell exhaustionSympathetic stress responsePancreatic cancer modelAnti-tumor functionCheckpoint blockadeCatecholamine levelsTissue innervationCytokine productionChronic antigenMalignant diseaseChronic infectionCD8Immune responseAdrenergic signalingEffector functionsΒ-blockersViral infectionCancer modelExhausted stateCell responsesCell function
2020
CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response
Lu Y, Jiang R, Freyn AW, Wang J, Strohmeier S, Lederer K, Locci M, Zhao H, Angeletti D, O’Connor K, Kleinstein SH, Nachbagauer R, Craft J. CD4+ follicular regulatory T cells optimize the influenza virus–specific B cell response. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2020, 218: e20200547. PMID: 33326020, PMCID: PMC7748821, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20200547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody FormationAntigensB-LymphocytesCD4 AntigensDisease Models, AnimalEpitopesForkhead Transcription FactorsGerminal CenterHumansImmunityImmunologic MemoryInfluenza, HumanInfluenzavirus BIntegrasesMice, Inbred C57BLOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReceptors, Antigen, B-CellSpecies SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryVaccinationConceptsB cell responsesGerminal center B cell responsesFollicular regulatory T cellsRegulatory T cellsTfr cellsCell responsesT cellsViral challengeHumoral memoryVirus-specific B cell responsesAntigen-specific B cell responsesFollicular helper T cellsHA stalk regionHelper T cellsInfluenza virus infectionGerminal center developmentAntibody responsePlasma cellsVirus infectionImmunization modelAntibody productionBCR repertoireInfluenza virusRepeated exposureInfluenza virus glycoproteins