Anna Miyahara, Aya Umeki, Ko Sato, Toshiki Nomura, Hideki Yamamoto, Tomomitsu Miyasaka, Daiki Tanno, Ikumi Matsumoto, Tong Zong, Takafumi Kagesawa, Akiho Oniyama, Kotone Kawamura, Xiaoliang Yuan, Rin Yokoyama, Yuki Kitai, Emi Kanno, Hiromasa Tanno, Hiromitsu Hara, Sho Yamasaki, Shinobu Saijo, Yoichiro Iwakura, Keiko Ishii, Kazuyoshi Kawakami
Cryptococcus deneoformans is a yeast-type fungus that causes fatal meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients and evades phagocytic cell elimination through an escape mechanism. Memory T (Tm) cells play a central role in preventing the reactivation of this fungal pathogen. Among these cells, tissue-resident memory T (TRM ) cells quickly respond to locally invaded pathogens. This study analyzes the kinetics of effector T (Teff) cells and Tm cells in the lungs after cryptococcal infection. Emphasis is placed on the kinetics and cytokine expression of TRM cells in the early phase of infection...
May 3, 2024: Infection and Immunity