2023
Tissue-resident memory T cell maintenance during antigen persistence requires both cognate antigen and interleukin-15
Tieu R, Zeng Q, Zhao D, Zhang G, Feizi N, Manandhar P, Williams A, Popp B, Wood-Trageser M, Demetris A, Tso J, Johnson A, Kane L, Abou-Daya K, Shlomchik W, Oberbarnscheidt M, Lakkis F. Tissue-resident memory T cell maintenance during antigen persistence requires both cognate antigen and interleukin-15. Science Immunology 2023, 8: eadd8454. PMID: 37083450, PMCID: PMC10334460, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.add8454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen persistenceIL-15Dendritic cellsT cellsAntigen presentationGraft-infiltrating dendritic cellsTissue-resident memory TCognate antigenAbsence of cognate antigenIL-15 transpresentationMemory T cell maintenanceT cell maintenanceChronic transplant rejectionKidney transplant modelIL-15 receptorAcute infection modelMemory TReceptor blockadeChronic rejectionTransplantation modelTransplant rejectionAcute infectionInterleukin-15Allograft pathologySterilizing immunity
2021
Resident memory T cells form during persistent antigen exposure leading to allograft rejection
Abou-Daya K, Tieu R, Zhao D, Rammal R, Sacirbegovic F, Williams A, Shlomchik W, Oberbarnscheidt M, Lakkis F. Resident memory T cells form during persistent antigen exposure leading to allograft rejection. Science Immunology 2021, 6 PMID: 33741656, PMCID: PMC8103522, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abc8122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMemory T cellsEffector T cellsT cellsAllograft rejectionAntigen-specificTissue-resident memory T cellsFunctional memory T cellsResident memory T cellsMouse model of kidney transplantationGrafted T cellsPersistent antigen exposureModel of kidney transplantationRenal transplant outcomesRetransplantation experimentsDiscovery of therapeutic targetsExhaustion markersSurface phenotypeAntigen exposureInterferon-gTransplant outcomesKidney transplantationCognate antigenMouse modelOrgan transplantationTransplantation