SARS-CoV-2 induces robust germinal center CD4 T follicular helper cell responses in rhesus macaques

oleh: Yashavanth Shaan Lakshmanappa, Sonny R. Elizaldi, Jamin W. Roh, Brian A. Schmidt, Timothy D. Carroll, Kourtney D. Weaver, Justin C. Smith, Anil Verma, Jesse D. Deere, Joseph Dutra, Mars Stone, Sergej Franz, Rebecca Lee Sammak, Katherine J. Olstad, J. Rachel Reader, Zhong-Min Ma, Nancy K. Nguyen, Jennifer Watanabe, Jodie Usachenko, Ramya Immareddy, JoAnn L. Yee, Daniela Weiskopf, Alessandro Sette, Dennis Hartigan-O’Connor, Stephen J. McSorley, John H. Morrison, Nam K. Tran, Graham Simmons, Michael P. Busch, Pamela A. Kozlowski, Koen K. A. Van Rompay, Christopher J. Miller, Smita S. Iyer

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01

Deskripsi

Induction of CD4 T follicular helper (Tfh) cells is important for antibody responses to viral infections. Here, the authors show in a rhesus macaque model of mild COVID-19 that SARS-CoV-2 infection results in transient accumulation of proliferating Tfh cells with a Th1 profile in peripheral blood and generation of germinal center Tfh cells specific for viral proteins.