2018
B Cell Presentation of Chlamydia Antigen Selects Out Protective CD4γ13 T Cells: Implications for Genital Tract Tissue-Resident Memory Lymphocyte Clusters
Johnson RM, Yu H, Strank N, Karunakaran K, Zhu Y, Brunham RC. B Cell Presentation of Chlamydia Antigen Selects Out Protective CD4γ13 T Cells: Implications for Genital Tract Tissue-Resident Memory Lymphocyte Clusters. Infection And Immunity 2018, 86: 10.1128/iai.00614-17. PMID: 29158429, PMCID: PMC5778355, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00614-17.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory lymphocyte clustersPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsT cell subsetsAntigen-presenting cellsT cell clonesB cell populationsT cellsLymphocyte clustersCell subsetsB cellsTissue-resident memory T cellsCD4 T-cell clonesCD4 T cell subsetsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsCell clonesMemory T cellsBlood mononuclear cellsIL-13 responsesImmune B cellsB cell presentationCell populationsAdoptive transferImmune miceIntracellular bacterial pathogenChlamydia antigen
2012
Plac8-Dependent and Inducible NO Synthase-Dependent Mechanisms Clear Chlamydia muridarum Infections from the Genital Tract
Johnson RM, Kerr MS, Slaven JE. Plac8-Dependent and Inducible NO Synthase-Dependent Mechanisms Clear Chlamydia muridarum Infections from the Genital Tract. The Journal Of Immunology 2012, 188: 1896-1904. PMID: 22238459, PMCID: PMC3303601, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102764.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital tract infectionCD4 T-cell clonesINOS-independent mechanismCD4 T cellsT cell clonesTract infectionsT cellsC. muridarum genital tract infectionCell clonesChlamydia muridarum infectionInducible NO synthase (iNOS) transcriptionT cell mechanismsT cell subsetsClearance of infectionGenital tract epitheliumT cell degranulationCytokine profileCell subsetsCell degranulationGenital tractClear infectionEffector functionsMouse modelNO productionVaccine development