A functional subset of CD8+ T cells during chronic exhaustion is defined by SIRPα expression

oleh: Lara M. Myers, Michal Caspi Tal, Laughing Bear Torrez Dulgeroff, Aaron B. Carmody, Ronald J. Messer, Gunsagar Gulati, Ying Ying Yiu, Matthew M. Staron, Cesar Lopez Angel, Rahul Sinha, Maxim Markovic, Edward A. Pham, Benjamin Fram, Aijaz Ahmed, Aaron M. Newman, Jeffrey S. Glenn, Mark M. Davis, Susan M. Kaech, Irving L. Weissman, Kim J. Hasenkrug

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01

Deskripsi

SIRPa is most commonly known as a phagocytosis inhibitory receptor expressed by myeloid cells. Here the authors show SIRPa is expressed on a subset of CD8+ T cells with higher proliferative and effector activity during the chronic phase of the immune response to viral infection.