T cells in health and disease

L Sun, Y Su, A Jiao, X Wang, B Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are crucial for immune functions to maintain health and prevent disease. T cell
development occurs in a stepwise process in the thymus and mainly generates CD4+ and …

COVID-19: immunopathogenesis and Immunotherapeutics

L Yang, S Liu, J Liu, Z Zhang, X Wan… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
The recent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is seeing a rapid increase in infected …

Activation or exhaustion of CD8+ T cells in patients with COVID-19

MS Rha, EC Shin - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
In addition to CD4+ T cells and neutralizing antibodies, CD8+ T cells contribute to protective
immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

CD4 T-cell exhaustion: does it exist and what are its roles in cancer?

AM Miggelbrink, JD Jackson, SJ Lorrey… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
In chronic infections and in cancer, persistent antigen stimulation under suboptimal
conditions can lead to the induction of T-cell exhaustion. Exhausted T cells are …

T‐cell exhaustion in HIV infection

C Fenwick, V Joo, P Jacquier, A Noto… - Immunological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The T‐cell response is central in the adaptive immune‐mediated elimination of pathogen‐
infected and/or cancer cells. This activated T‐cell response can inflict an overwhelming …

Not-so-opposite ends of the spectrum: CD8+ T cell dysfunction across chronic infection, cancer and autoimmunity

JL Collier, SA Weiss, KE Pauken, DR Sen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
CD8+ T cells are critical mediators of cytotoxic effector function in infection, cancer and
autoimmunity. In cancer and chronic viral infection, CD8+ T cells undergo a progressive loss …

T cell exhaustion

A Baessler, DAA Vignali - Annual Review of Immunology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
T cell responses must be balanced to ensure adequate protection against malignant
transformation and an array of pathogens while also limiting damage to healthy cells and …

The multifaceted role of CD4+ T cells in CD8+ T cell memory

BJ Laidlaw, JE Craft, SM Kaech - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Following infection, T cells differentiate into a heterogeneous population of effector T cells
that can mediate pathogen clearance. A subset of these effector T cells possesses the ability …

T-cell exhaustion, co-stimulation and clinical outcome in autoimmunity and infection

EF McKinney, JC Lee, DRW Jayne, PA Lyons… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The clinical course of autoimmune and infectious disease varies greatly, even between
individuals with the same condition. An understanding of the molecular basis for this …

Expanding roles for CD4+ T cells in immunity to viruses

SL Swain, KK McKinstry, TM Strutt - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2012 - nature.com
Viral pathogens often induce strong effector CD4+ T cell responses that are best known for
their ability to help B cell and CD8+ T cell responses. However, recent studies have …