Project description:To characterize CD44low CD62low CD8 T-cell subset (P4), we compared gene expression among four CD8 T-cell subsets. A hierarchical clustering of global gene expression showed that each subset of CD8 T-cells expresses a distinct gene profile. Genes expressed in activated T-cells were highly expressed in P4 cells compared to naive P1 cells. On the other hand, genes expressed in differentiated T-cells were less expressed in P4 cells compared to either central memory (P2) or effector/memory (P3) cells. These results indicate that P4 cells are in an activated, but pre-mature state and distinct from more differentiated subsets of CD8 T-cells such as central memory and effector/memory cells.
Project description:To obtain the differentiated profiling of long noncoding RNA expression between CD8+CD28+ T cell subset and CD8+CD28- T cell subset, we have detecte lncRNA profiling between within-individual T cell subsets to identify differentiated lncRNA profiling in five apperant healthy Chinese nenogenarians who were cytomegalovirus-seropositive carriers. Human peripheral blood monocytes from these apperantly healthy CMV-seropositive nonagenarians was gathered. CD8+CD28+ T cells and CD8+CD28- T cells were further isolated using flow cytometry. Differentiated lncRNA profiling was compared between CD8+CD28+ T cells and CD8+CD28- T cells using lncRNA microarry detection within-individually. 586 lncRNAs were found significantly upregulated while 1113 lncRNAs were found significantly downregulated comparing CD8+CD28+ T cells with CD8+CD28- T cells in these Chinese nonagenarians with CMV seropositivity. Expression of ENST00000446590,NR_121652,NR_045006,ENST00000428936,NR_110375 from this differentiated profiling which were identified as previously domumented ageing-related lncRNAs were quantified in the same RNA samples by real-time PCR, confirming lncRNAs take critical role in regulating T cell immunosenesence in healthy nonagenarian Chinese CMV carriers. Diffentiated lncRNA profiling was in-pair compared between total RNAs isolated from CD8+CD28+ T cells and CD8+CD28- T cells within-individually in Chinese nonagenarian CMV carriers.
Project description:We demonstrate that CXCR5+CD8+ T cells are a distinct human T-cell subset that homes to follicles and exerts strong antitumor activity compared with CXCR5-CD8+ T cells. Importantly, this subset is associated with improved outcome in follicular lymphoma patients.
Project description:Primary objectives: Characterization of the macrophage population subset that is modulated by enteric neurons
Primary endpoints: Characterization of the macrophage population subset that is modulated by enteric neurons via RNA sequencing
Project description:This phase I pilot trial studies the side effects of cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8)+ T cells in treating patients with gastrointestinal tumors that have spread to other places in the body. Tumor cells and blood are used to help create an adoptive T cell therapy, such as CD8+ T cell therapy, that is individually designed for a patient and may help doctors learn more about genetic changes in the tumor. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body’s immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Giving CD8+ T cell therapy and pembrolizumab may work better in treating patients with gastrointestinal tumors.
Project description:CD8+ T cells provide protection from infection and tumor growth, and many current immunotherapies target molecules that enhance CD8+ T cell function and differentiation. The transcriptional programs orchestrating CD8+ T cell differentiation in response to infection has been described, but the changes in spatial chromatin organization accompanying effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation is unknown, despite research showing the importance of long-range chromatin interactions for transcriptional regulation in various cell types. Here, we studied how genome organization is integrated with CD8+ T cell differentiation and investigated the role of CTCF, a key factor that regulates genome organization through blocking or facilitating chromatin interactions, in regulating CD8+ T cell fates. We observed T cell subset-specific changes in chromatin organization and CTCF binding, and revealed weak-affinity CTCF binding is needed to promote terminal differentiation of CD8+ T cells by coordinating chromatin interactions that regulate transcriptional programs driving CD8+ T cell differentiation.