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SUBMITTER: Kim MV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3809840 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Myoungjoo V MV Ouyang Weiming W Liao Will W Zhang Michael Q MQ Li Ming O MO
Immunity 20130808 2
Memory T cells protect hosts from pathogen reinfection, but how these cells emerge from a pool of antigen-experienced T cells is unclear. Here, we show that mice lacking the transcription factor Foxo1 in activated CD8+ T cells have defective secondary, but not primary, responses to Listeria monocytogenes infection. Compared to short-lived effector T cells, memory-precursor T cells expressed higher amounts of Foxo1, which promoted their generation and maintenance. Chromatin immunoprecipitation se ...[more]