1. Characterization of Adaptive-like γδ T Cells in Ugandan Infants during Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection
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Jessica Tuengel, Sanya Ranchal, Alexandra Maslova, Gurpreet Aulakh, Maria Papadopoulou, Sibyl Drissler, Bing Cai, Cetare Mohsenzadeh-Green, Hugo Soudeyns, Sara Mostafavi, Peter van den Elzen, David Vermijlen, Laura Cook, and Soren Gantt
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CMV ,gamma delta T cell ,gammadelta ,Vδ1 ,Vδ3 ,Vγ8 ,Microbiology ,QR1-502 - Abstract
Gamma-delta (γδ) T cells are unconventional T cells that help control cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in adults. γδ T cells develop early in gestation, and a fetal public γδ T cell receptor (TCR) clonotype is detected in congenital CMV infections. However, age-dependent γδ T cell responses to primary CMV infection are not well-understood. Flow cytometry and TCR sequencing was used to comprehensively characterize γδ T cell responses to CMV infection in a cohort of 32 infants followed prospectively from birth. Peripheral blood γδ T cell frequencies increased during infancy, and were higher among CMV-infected infants relative to uninfected. Clustering analyses revealed associations between CMV infection and activation marker expression on adaptive-like Vδ1 and Vδ3, but not innate-like Vγ9Vδ2 γδ T cell subsets. Frequencies of NKG2C+CD57+ γδ T cells were temporally associated with the quantity of CMV shed in saliva by infants with primary infection. The public γδ TCR clonotype was only detected in CMV-infected infants
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- 2021
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