Redefining Memory T Cell Subsets

Rod A Rahimi; Andrew D Luster

doi:10.1016/j.it.2020.06.003

Redefining Memory T Cell Subsets

Trends Immunol. 2020 Aug;41(8):645-648. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Authors

Rod A Rahimi¹, Andrew D Luster²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Divison of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: aluster@mgh.harvard.edu.

Abstract

It has become increasingly clear that the terms used to define memory T cell subsets no longer accurately reflect our understanding of memory T cell biology. Here, we discuss the limitations of our current terminology and propose a new approach for defining memory T cell subsets.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Immunologic Memory*
T-Lymphocyte Subsets* / cytology
T-Lymphocyte Subsets* / immunology
Terminology as Topic

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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