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Direct Interferon- Signaling Dramatically Enhances CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T Cell Memory¹

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037

Studies in IFN--deficient mice suggest that the delivery of IFN- to CD8⁺ T cells early in virus infection programs their eventual contraction, thereby reducing the abundance of CD8⁺ memory T cells. In this study, we show that such mice fail to completely eliminate virus infection and that, when evaluated without the confounding factor of persisting Ag, both CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells undergo profound contraction when they are unable to receive IFN- signals. Furthermore, the abundance of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ memory cells that express the IFN- receptor is 100-fold higher than cells lacking this molecule. Thus, direct IFN- signaling is not required for T cell contraction during virus infection, and it enhances, rather than suppresses, the development of virus-specific CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cell memory.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants AI-27028 and AI-52351.

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. E-mail address: lwhitton{at}scripps.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; TSRI, The Scripps Research Institute; Tg, transgenic; WT, wild type; GKO mice, mice lacking IFN-; p.i., postinfection.

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