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IL-7 receptor alpha defines heterogeneity and signature of human effector memory CD8⁺ T cells in high dimensional analysis.

ABSTRACT: The IL-7 receptor alpha chain (IL-7Rα or CD127) can be differentially expressed in memory CD8⁺ T cells. Here we investigated whether IL-7Rα could serve as a key molecule in defining a comprehensive landscape of heterogeneity in human effector memory (EM) CD8⁺ T cells using high-dimensional Cytometry by Time-Of-Flight (CyTOF) and single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq). IL-7Rα had diverse, but organized, expressional relationship in EM CD8⁺ T cells with molecules related to cell function and gene regulation, which rendered an immune landscape defining heterogeneous cell subsets. The differential expression of these molecules likely has biological implications as we found in vivo signatures of transcription factors and homeostasis cytokine receptors, including T-bet and IL-7Rα. Our findings indicate the existence of heterogeneity in human EM CD8⁺ T cells as defined by distinct but organized expression patterns of multiple molecules in relationship to IL-7Rα and its possible biological significance in modulating downstream events.

SUBMITTER: Shin MS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7415611 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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