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SUBMITTER: Benoun JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6187142 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benoun Joseph M JM Peres Newton G NG Wang Nancy N Pham Oanh H OH Rudisill Victoria L VL Fogassy Zachary N ZN Whitney Paul G PG Fernandez-Ruiz Daniel D Gebhardt Thomas T Pham Quynh-Mai QM Puddington Lynn L Bedoui Sammy S Strugnell Richard A RA McSorley Stephen J SJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180925 41
While CD4 Th1 cells are required for resistance to intramacrophage infections, adoptive transfer of Th1 cells is insufficient to protect against <i>Salmonella</i> infection. Using an epitope-tagged vaccine strain of <i>Salmonella</i>, we found that effective protection correlated with expanded <i>Salmonella</i>-specific memory CD4 T cells in circulation and nonlymphoid tissues. However, naive mice that previously shared a blood supply with vaccinated partners lacked T cell memory with characteri ...[more]