Single-cell transcriptomics identifies an effectorness gradient shaping the response of CD4+ T cells to cytokines

oleh: Eddie Cano-Gamez, Blagoje Soskic, Theodoros I. Roumeliotis, Ernest So, Deborah J. Smyth, Marta Baldrighi, David Willé, Nikolina Nakic, Jorge Esparza-Gordillo, Christopher G. C. Larminie, Paola G. Bronson, David F. Tough, Wendy C. Rowan, Jyoti S. Choudhary, Gosia Trynka

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-04-01

Deskripsi

Cytokines critically control the differentiation and functions of activated naïve and memory T cells. Here the authors show, using multi-omics and single-cell analyses, that naïve and memory T cells exhibit distinct cytokine responses, in which an ‘effectorness gradient’ is depicted by a transcriptional continuum, which shapes the downstream genetic programs.