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Cookenham T, Lanzer KG, Tighe M, et al. Visualization of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lungs of Young and Aged Influenza Memory Mice and after Heterosubtypic Challenge. Immunohorizons. 2021;5(7):543-556doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032.
Cookenham, T., Lanzer, K. G., Tighe, M., Ward, J. M., Reiley, W. W., & Blackman, M. A. (2021). Visualization of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lungs of Young and Aged Influenza Memory Mice and after Heterosubtypic Challenge. ImmunoHorizons, 5(7), 543-556. https://doi.org/10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032
Cookenham, Tres, et al. "Visualization of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lungs of Young and Aged Influenza Memory Mice and after Heterosubtypic Challenge." ImmunoHorizons vol. 5,7 (2021): 543-556. doi: https://doi.org/10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032
Cookenham T, Lanzer KG, Tighe M, Ward JM, Reiley WW, Blackman MA. Visualization of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lungs of Young and Aged Influenza Memory Mice and after Heterosubtypic Challenge. Immunohorizons. 2021 Jul 15;5(7):543-556. doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032. PMID: 34266962.
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Immunohorizons. 2021 Jul 15;5(7):543-556. doi: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032.

Visualization of Resident Memory CD8 T Cells in the Lungs of Young and Aged Influenza Memory Mice and after Heterosubtypic Challenge.

ImmunoHorizons

Tres Cookenham, Kathleen G Lanzer, Mike Tighe, Jerrold M Ward, William W Reiley, Marcia A Blackman

Affiliations

  1. Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY; and.
  2. Global VetPathology, Montgomery Village, MD.
  3. Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY; and [email protected].

PMID: 34266962 DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2100032

Abstract

Memory T cells that are resident in the tissues (T resident memory [Trm]) serve as frontline responders to prevent reinfection by pathogens. Trm in the lung protect against respiratory viruses. Although these cells have been well characterized, little is known about the impact of immune aging on the establishment, maintenance, function and recall of lung-resident Trm in the context of an influenza virus infection. Aging is associated with a progressive decline in immune function and a generalized inflammatory syndrome, referred to as inflammaging. In this study, we analyzed inflammation in the lung and assessed numbers and function of lung Trm after primary influenza infection and heterosubtypic challenge of young and aged mice. Our analysis showed that aged mice had more severe and sustained lung inflammation than young mice. Analysis of Trm numbers by flow cytometry and direct imaging showed comparable or higher numbers of Trm in aged compared with young mice, with a similar rate of decline over time in both groups of mice. Furthermore, influenza virus-specific Trm from young and aged memory mice were both functional in vitro, and the mice were protected from heterosubtypic challenge. Finally, there were enhanced numbers of T cells resident in the lungs of aged compared with young mice after heterosubtypic viral challenge. The data suggest that the generation, maintenance, and function of Trm in aged mice are not severely impaired and the increased numbers in aged compared with young mice after heterosubtypic challenge may be associated with enhanced lung inflammation in the aged mice.

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