Vaginal type-II mucosa is an inductive site for primary CD8⁺ T-cell mucosal immunity

The structured lymphoid tissues are considered the only inductive sites where primary T-cell immune responses occur. The naïve T cells in structured lymphoid tissues, once being primed by antigen-bearing dendritic cells, differentiate into memory T cells and traffic back to the mucosal sites through the bloodstream. Contrary to this belief, here we show that the vaginal type-II mucosa itself, despite the lack of structured lymphoid tissues, can act as an inductive site during primary CD8(+) T-cell immune responses. We provide evidence that the vaginal mucosa supports both the local immune priming of naïve CD8(+) T cells and the local expansion of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells, thereby demonstrating a different paradigm for primary mucosal T-cell immune induction.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 6(2015) vom: 20. Jan., Seite 6100

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yichuan [VerfasserIn]
Sui, Yongjun [VerfasserIn]
Kato, Shingo [VerfasserIn]
Hogg, Alison E [VerfasserIn]
Steel, Jason C [VerfasserIn]
Morris, John C [VerfasserIn]
Berzofsky, Jay A [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

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Date Completed 19.10.2015

Date Revised 09.01.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/ncomms7100

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM245455175