cytotoxic T cells;
memory T cells;
transcription factors;
epigenetics;
histone modifications;
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;
EFFECTOR FUNCTION;
CUTTING EDGE;
CHROMATIN SIGNATURES;
EARLY ESTABLISHMENT;
RECALL RESPONSES;
CLONAL EXPANSION;
DENDRITIC CELLS;
RNA-POLYMERASE;
CENTRAL MEMORY;
D O I:
10.3389/fimmu.2012.00371
中图分类号:
R392 [医学免疫学];
Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号:
100102 ;
摘要:
A cardinal feature of adaptive, cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immunity is the ability of naive CTLs to undergo a program of differentiation and proliferation upon activation resulting in the acquisition of lineage-specific T cell functions and eventual establishment of immunological memory. In this review, we examine the molecular factors that shape both the acquisition and maintenance of lineage-specific effector function in virus-specific CTL during both the effector and memory phases of immunity.