2018
Single-cell RNA sequencing unveils an IL-10-producing helper subset that sustains humoral immunity during persistent infection
Xin G, Zander R, Schauder DM, Chen Y, Weinstein JS, Drobyski WR, Tarakanova V, Craft J, Cui W. Single-cell RNA sequencing unveils an IL-10-producing helper subset that sustains humoral immunity during persistent infection. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 5037. PMID: 30487586, PMCID: PMC6261948, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07492-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 T cellsIL-10Humoral immunityT cellsTfh cellsIL-10-expressing CD4 T cellsViral infectionAntiviral T cell responsesAcute LCMV infectionDouble reporter miceChronic viral infectionsCytokine IL-10T cell responsesPersistent viral infectionIL-10 signalingGerminal center reactionSingle-cell RNA-sequencing approachLCMV infectionHelper subsetsTh1 cellsChronic infectionInflammatory functionsViral controlPersistent infectionCell responses
2015
The transforming growth factor beta signaling pathway is critical for the formation of CD4 T follicular helper cells and isotype-switched antibody responses in the lung mucosa
Marshall HD, Ray JP, Laidlaw BJ, Zhang N, Gawande D, Staron MM, Craft J, Kaech SM. The transforming growth factor beta signaling pathway is critical for the formation of CD4 T follicular helper cells and isotype-switched antibody responses in the lung mucosa. ELife 2015, 4: e04851. PMID: 25569154, PMCID: PMC4337607, DOI: 10.7554/elife.04851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody FormationB-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationGene Expression ProfilingGerminal CenterImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingLungMiceMucous MembraneOrthomyxoviridaeOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsSignal TransductionSpecies SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsCD4 T cellsFollicular helper cellsTfh cellsAntibody responseT cellsHelper cellsViral infectionCD4 T follicular helper cellsVirus-specific CD4 T cellsIL-2 receptor α chainT Follicular Helper CellsRespiratory viral infectionsAcute viral infectionGrowth factor betaGerminal center reactionReceptor α chainInhibition of mTORIL-2 signalingLung mucosaTfh differentiationHumoral responseRapamycin (mTOR) activationTGF-βRFactor betaCenter reaction
2014
PPARγ Negatively Regulates T Cell Activation to Prevent Follicular Helper T Cells and Germinal Center Formation
Park HJ, Kim DH, Choi JY, Kim WJ, Kim JY, Senejani AG, Hwang SS, Kim LK, Tobiasova Z, Lee GR, Craft J, Bothwell AL, Choi JM. PPARγ Negatively Regulates T Cell Activation to Prevent Follicular Helper T Cells and Germinal Center Formation. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e99127. PMID: 24921943, PMCID: PMC4055678, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFollicular helper T cellsHelper T cellsT cellsGerminal center reactionTfh cellsSheep red blood cell immunizationRed blood cell immunizationCenter reactionPeroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gammaIL-21 expressionProliferator-activated receptor gammaWild-type T cellsType T cellsGerminal center formationGerminal center B cellsT cell activationCell immunizationAutoantibody productionGlomerular inflammationSignature cytokinesAdaptive immunityGerminal centersGlucose metabolismNF-κBB cells