Adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 persist in the pharyngeal lymphoid tissue of children

Q Xu, P Milanez-Almeida, AJ Martins, AJ Radtke… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most studies of adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection focus on peripheral blood, which
may not fully reflect immune responses at the site of infection. Using samples from 110 …

A phase II window of opportunity study of neoadjuvant PD-L1 versus PD-L1 plus CTLA-4 blockade for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

HS Lee, HJ Jang, M Ramineni, DY Wang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Purpose: We report the results of a phase II, randomized, window-of-opportunity trial of
neoadjuvant durvalumab versus durvalumab plus tremelimumab followed by surgery in …

Changes in the expression of T-cell factor-1 in follicular helper T cells reflect the condition of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

X Zeng, M Zheng, T Liu, A Bahabayi, R Kang… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to identify changes in T-cell factor-1 (TCF1) in circulating T-cell
subsets of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and to explore their significance in …

The deficiency in Th2-like Tfh cells affects the maturation and quality of HIV-specific B cell response in viremic infection

A Noto, M Suffiotti, V Joo, A Mancarella… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Optimal T follicular helper (Tfh) cells function is important to promote the development of
germinal centers and maturation of high affinity antigen-specific B cells. We have found that …

In Situ Characterization of Human Lymphoid Tissue Immune Cells by Multispectral Confocal Imaging and Quantitative Image Analysis; Implications for HIV Reservoir …

E Moysi, PM Del Rio Estrada, F Torres-Ruiz… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
CD4 T cells are key mediators of adaptive immune responses during infection and
vaccination. Within secondary lymphoid organs, helper CD4 T cells, particularly those …

[HTML][HTML] Multilevel human secondary lymphoid immune system compartmentalization revealed by complementary imaging approaches

BL Oyler, JA Valencia-Dávila, E Moysi, A Molyvdas… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Secondary human lymphoid tissue immune reactions take place in a highly coordinated
environment with compartmentalization representing a fundamental feature of this …

Human lymph node immune dynamics as driver of vaccine efficacy: an understudied aspect of immune responses

E Moysi, RM Paris, R Le Grand, RA Koup… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction During the last century, changes in hygiene, sanitation, and the advent of
childhood vaccination have resulted in profound reductions in mortality from infectious …

[HTML][HTML] Follicular Immune Landscaping Reveals a Distinct Profile of FOXP3hiCD4hi T Cells in Treated Compared to Untreated HIV

S Georgakis, M Orfanakis, C Brenna, S Burgermeister… - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Follicular helper CD4hi T cells (TFH) are a major cellular pool for the maintenance of the HIV
reservoir. Therefore, the delineation of the follicular (F)/germinal center (GC) immune …

In Situ Characterization of Human Follicular Helper CD4 T Cells

M Orfanakis, A Molyvdas, C Petrovas - Intracellular Pathogens: Methods …, 2024 - Springer
The development of an effective humoral response to pathogens and immunogens is a
multiphase biological process, which is mediated by the coordinated function of specialized …

[HTML][HTML] Antigen-specific CD4+ T cells exhibit distinct transcriptional phenotypes in the lymph node and blood following vaccination in humans

P Mudd, N Borcherding, W Kim, M Quinn, F Han… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS-CoV-2 infection and mRNA vaccination induce robust CD4+ T cell responses that are
critical for the development of protective immunity. Here, we evaluated spike-specific CD4+ …