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ArticleScience immunology2025

Stem-like memory and precursors of exhausted T cells share a common progenitor defined by ID3 expression.

Catarina Gago da Graça, Amania A Sheikh, Dane M Newman, Lifen Wen, Sining Li, Jian Shen, Yuqi Zhang, Sarah S Gabriel, David Chisanga, Justine Seow and 19 more

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Article in Science immunology, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Pre-Encoded IFN-I Sensitivity Exacerbates Memory T Cell Senescence in Solid Tumors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. USP35 Acts as a Deubiquitinating Enzyme for ID3 to Promote Immune Escape in Colorectal Cancer.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Regulators of CD8Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  16. AblatingFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  17. T cell exhaustion in parasitic infections.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  18. CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Catarina Gago da GraçaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8699-2674
Amania A SheikhDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0769-2081
Dane M NewmanCancer Biology and Therapeutics Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0009-0005-5738-0440
Lifen WenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0229-7306
Sining LiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0009-0001-4847-7153
Jian ShenDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8398-2318
Yuqi ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8198-2282
Sarah S GabrielDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6359-485X
David ChisangaOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0421-3957
Justine SeowComputational Sciences Initiative (CSI), Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2913-3803
Annika PochDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1135-7879
Lisa RauschDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5912-9322
Minh-Hanh T NguyenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7446-5607
Jayendra SinghOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Australia.ORCID 0009-0007-2877-121X
Chun-Hsi SuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1825-6154
Leonie A CluseCancer Biology and Therapeutics Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8613-0508
Carlson TsuiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0642-814X
Thomas N BurnDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1763-1418
Simone L ParkDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1507-0864
Bianca Von ScheidtDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Laura K MackayDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8496-6632
Ajithkumar VasanthakumarOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Australia.
David BendingDepartment of Immunology and Immunotherapy, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0071-1163
Wei ShiOlivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1182-7735
Weiguo CuiDepartment of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1562-9218
Jan SchröderComputational Sciences Initiative (CSI), Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5270-0605
Ricky W JohnstoneCancer Biology and Therapeutics Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7053-9237
Axel KalliesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6312-6968
Daniel T UtzschneiderDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2205-9057

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/V009052/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem-like T cells are attractive immunotherapeutic targets in patients with cancer given their ability to proliferate and differentiate into effector progeny. Thus, identifying T cells with enhanced stemness and understanding their developmental requirements are of broad clinical and therapeutic interest. Here, we demonstrate that during acute infection, the transcriptional regulator inhibitor of DNA binding 3 (ID3) identifies stem-like T cells that are uniquely adapted to generate precursors of exhausted T (Tpex) cells in response to chronic infection or cancer. Expression of ID3 itself enables Tpex cells to sustain T cell responses in chronic infection or cancer, whereas loss of ID3 results in impaired maintenance of CD8 T cell immunity. Furthermore, we demonstrate that interleukin-1 (IL-1) family members, including IL-36β and IL-18, promote the generation of ID3

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CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesImmunologic MemoryInhibitor of Differentiation ProteinsAnimalsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutIdb3 protein, mouseInhibitor of Differentiation Proteins

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PMID39888981
PMCPMC7617396

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