ReviewMedical microbiology and immunology2019
Fuel and brake of memory T cell inflation.
Review in Medical microbiology and immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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29 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cytomegalovirus-Based Viral Vectors Elicit Robust Systemic and Tissue-Resident Immune Response Against SARS-CoV-2 Antigens.European journal of immunology · 2026Article
- MAPKAP Kinase 2 Orchestrates Memory T Cell Inflation in Cytomegalovirus Infection.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A safe, T cell-inducing heterologous vaccine against elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus in a proof-of-concept study.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Memory inflation: Beyond the acute phase of viral infection.Cell proliferation · 2024Review
- Long-lived central memory γδ T cells confer protection against murine cytomegalovirus reinfection.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Modulation of cytomegalovirus immune evasion identifies direct antigen presentation as the predominant mode of CD8 T-cell priming during immune reconstitution after hematopoietic cell transplantation.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
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- Counteracting Immunosenescence-Which Therapeutic Strategies Are Promising?Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Latent CMV infection of Lymphatic endothelial cells is sufficient to drive CD8 T cell memory inflation.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Direct antigen presentation is the canonical pathway of cytomegalovirus CD8 T-cell priming regulated by balanced immune evasion ensuring a strong antiviral response.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Overall avidity declines in TCR repertoires during latent CMV but not EBV infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- 'Stem-like' precursors are the fount to sustain persistent CD8Nature immunology · 2022Review
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- The CMV-encoded G protein-coupled receptors M33 and US28 play pleiotropic roles in immune evasion and alter host T cell responses.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Quantification of T-cell dynamics during latent cytomegalovirus infection in humans.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- Localization of Viral Epitope-Specific CD8 T Cells during Cytomegalovirus Latency in the Lungs and Recruitment to Lung Parenchyma by Airway Challenge Infection.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Immunodominant Cytomegalovirus Epitopes Suppress Subdominant Epitopes in the Generation of High-Avidity CD8 T Cells.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Direct Evidence for Viral Antigen Presentation during Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Influenza- and MCMV-induced memory CD8 T cells control respiratory vaccinia virus infection despite residence in distinct anatomical niches.Mucosal immunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Memory T cell inflation is a process in which a large number of effector memory T cells accumulates in peripheral tissues. This phenomenon is observed upon certain low level persistent virus infections, but it is most commonly described upon infection with the β-herpesvirus Cytomegalovirus. Due to the induction of this large pool of functional effector CD8 T cells in peripheral tissues, the interest in using CMV-based vaccine vectors for vaccination purposes is rising. However, the exact mechanisms of memory T cell inflation are not yet fully understood. It is clear that repetitive exposure to antigen is a key determinant for memory inflation, and therefore the viral inoculum dose and the subsequent number of viral reactivation events strongly impact on the magnitude of the inflationary T cell pool. In addition, the number of CMV-specific CD8 T cells that is able to sense these reactivation events affects the size of the inflationary T cell pool. In the following, we will discuss factors that either promote or limit T cell inflation from both the virus and host perspective. These factors mostly operate by influencing the amount of available antigen or by affecting the T cell pool that is able to respond to the antigen. Furthermore, we will discuss the recent use of CMV-based vaccines in pre-clinical experimental settings, where these vectors have shown promising results by inducing prolonged effector memory T cell responses to foreign-introduced epitopes and thereby provided protection from subsequent virus or tumour challenges.
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