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@ARTICLE{Tsui:281515,
author = {Tsui, Carlson and Heyden, Leonie and Wen, Lifen and Gago da
Graça, Catarina and Potemkin, Nikita and Frolov, Aleksej
and Rawlinson, Daniel and Qin, Lei and Wimmer, Verena C and
Hadian-Jazi, Marjan and Malko, Darya and Su, Chun-Hsi and
Li, Sining and Wilson, Kayla R and Horvatic, Helena and
Wijesinghe, Sharanya K and Moreira, Marcela L and Dryburgh,
Lachlan and Schienstock, Dominik and Rausch, Lisa and
Utzschneider, Daniel T and Halin, Cornelia and Mueller,
Scott N and Beyer, Marc D and Bedoui, Sammy and Abdullah,
Zeinab and Schröder, Jan and Kallies, Axel},
title = {{L}ymph nodes fuel {KLF}2-dependent effector {CD}8+ {T}
cell differentiation during chronic infection and checkpoint
blockade.},
journal = {Nature immunology},
volume = {26},
number = {10},
issn = {1529-2908},
address = {London},
publisher = {Springer Nature Limited},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-01134},
pages = {1752 - 1765},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Exhausted CD8+ T (TEX) cell responses are maintained by
precursors of exhausted T (TPEX) cells that possess high
self-renewal and developmental potential. TPEX cells also
drive the proliferative burst of effector T cells upon
therapeutic immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). However, the
spatial context and signals that regulate their
differentiation and function are not well defined. Here we
identify developmental and functional compartmentalization
of TPEX and TEX cells across secondary lymphoid organs
during chronic infection. We show that stem-like CD62L+ TPEX
and effector-like CX3CR1+ TEX cells constitute a distinct
developmental lineage that is promoted by the lymph node
(LN) microenvironment and dependent on the transcription
factor KLF2. LNs act as a niche in which migratory dendritic
cells provide antigen and costimulatory signals to maintain
the proliferative fitness of CD62L+ TPEX cells and
generation of CX3CR1+ TEX cells. Moreover, LNs exclusively
drive the proliferative burst and systemic dissemination of
CX3CR1+ TEX cells during ICB. Thus, our findings identify a
unique role for LNs in the maintenance of T cell
differentiation and function during systemic chronic
infection and ICB therapy.},
keywords = {Animals / Lymph Nodes: immunology / Cell Differentiation:
immunology / CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes: immunology / Mice /
Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors: metabolism /
Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors: genetics / Kruppel-Like
Transcription Factors: immunology / Mice, Inbred C57BL /
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: pharmacology / CX3C Chemokine
Receptor 1: metabolism / Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis:
immunology / Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: immunology
/ Persistent Infection: immunology / Dendritic Cells:
immunology / Mice, Knockout / Lymphocyte Activation:
immunology / Mice, Transgenic / Kruppel-Like Transcription
Factors (NLM Chemicals) / Klf2 protein, mouse (NLM
Chemicals) / Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (NLM Chemicals) /
CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1 (NLM Chemicals) / Cx3cr1 protein,
mouse (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Beyer / AG Schultze},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1013035 / I:(DE-2719)1013038},
pnm = {351 - Brain Function (POF4-351) / 354 - Disease Prevention
and Healthy Aging (POF4-354)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-351 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-354},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-2719)PRECISE-20190321},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40954251},
doi = {10.1038/s41590-025-02276-7},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/281515},
}