Early transcriptional and epigenetic divergence of CD8+ T cells responding to acute versus chronic infection.

During a microbial infection, responding CD8+ T cells give rise to effector cells that provide acute host defense and memory cells that provide sustained protection. An alternative outcome is exhaustion, a state of T cell dysfunction that occurs in the context of chronic infections and cancer. Altho...

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Main Authors: Lauren K Quezada, Wenhao Jin, Yi Chia Liu, Eleanor S Kim, Zhaoren He, Cynthia S Indralingam, Tiffani Tysl, Lara Labarta-Bajo, Ellen J Wehrens, Yeara Jo, Katelynn R Kazane, Christopher Hattori, Elina I Zuniga, Gene W Yeo, John T Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001983