Journal article
Liver-Resident Memory CD8 T Cells Form a Front-Line Defense against Malaria Liver-Stage Infection
D Fernandez-Ruiz, WY Ng, LE Holz, JZ Ma, A Zaid, YC Wong, LS Lau, V Mollard, A Cozijnsen, N Collins, J Li, GM Davey, Y Kato, S Devi, R Skandari, M Pauley, JH Manton, DI Godfrey, A Braun, SS Tay Show all
Immunity | CELL PRESS | Published : 2016
Abstract
In recent years, various intervention strategies have reduced malaria morbidity and mortality, but further improvements probably depend upon development of a broadly protective vaccine. To better understand immune requirement for protection, we examined liver-stage immunity after vaccination with irradiated sporozoites, an effective though logistically difficult vaccine. We identified a population of memory CD8+ T cells that expressed the gene signature of tissue-resident memory T (Trm) cells and remained permanently within the liver, where they patrolled the sinusoids. Exploring the requirements for liver Trm cell induction, we showed that by combining dendritic cell-targeted priming with l..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank members of the F.R.C. and W.R.H. laboratories for discussion and the staff of the Peter Doherty Institute animal facility for animal husbandry. We also thank the Melbourne Brain Centre and ImmunoID Flow Cytometry Facilities for technical assistance. This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Australian Research Council.