Plasmodium berghei ANKA sporozoite infection induces the formation of liver-associated CD8 T cells that resemble tissue resident memory cells

Abstract

T cell memory allows for the rapid generation of effective immune responses to previously encountered pathogens. Although most memory T cells recirculate through the body, a recently discovered subset, the tissue resident memory T cells (TRM), remains in the affected tissue after infection is cleared. By staying in the area most likely targeted by the pathogen in subsequent reinfections, TRM have the potential to elicit faster, more focused, responses than recirculating memory T cell subsets. We have found that following vaccination with irradiated Plasmodium berghei ANKA sporozoites, a population of memory T cells forms in the liver that closely resembles TRM described in other tissues such..