Targeting p53 and histone methyltransferases restores exhausted CD8+ T cells in HCV infection

Here, the authors report that exhausted HCV-specific CD8+ T cells are marked by upregulation of p53 signaling already detectable in an early phase of chronic HCV infection and by a later development of a repressive chromatin state, and show that chemical targeting of these pathways improves CD8+ T c...

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Main Authors: Valeria Barili, Paola Fisicaro, Barbara Montanini, Greta Acerbi, Anita Filippi, Giovanna Forleo, Chiara Romualdi, Manuela Ferracin, Francesca Guerrieri, Giuseppe Pedrazzi, Carolina Boni, Marzia Rossi, Andrea Vecchi, Amalia Penna, Alessandra Zecca, Cristina Mori, Alessandra Orlandini, Elisa Negri, Marco Pesci, Marco Massari, Gabriele Missale, Massimo Levrero, Simone Ottonello, Carlo Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14137-7