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Naive, effector and memory CD8 T-cell trafficking: parallels and distinctions
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Naive, effector and memory CD8 T-cell trafficking: parallels and distinctions

Jeffrey C Nolz, Gabriel R Starbeck-Miller and John T Harty
Immunotherapy, Vol.3(10), pp.1223-1233
10/2011
DOI: 10.2217/imt.11.100
PMCID: PMC3214994
PMID: 21995573
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3214994View
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Abstract

Trafficking of CD8 T cells, in both the steady-state and during episodes of infection or inflammation, is a highly dynamic process and involves a variety of receptor-ligand interactions. A thorough, mechanistic understanding of how this process is regulated could potentially lead to disease prevention strategies, through either enhancing (for infectious diseases or tumors) or limiting (for autoimmunity) recruitment of antigen-specific CD8 T cells to areas of tissue inflammation. As CD8 T cells transition from naive to effector to memory cells, changes in gene expression will ultimately dictate anatomical localization of these cells in vivo . In this article, we discuss recent advances in understanding how antigenic stimulation influences expression of various trafficking receptors and ligands, and how this determines the tissue localization of CD8 T cells.
CD8 T cell selectin antigenic stimulation inflammation chemokines integrin trafficking vaccination

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