Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Grant: $479,723 - National Institutes of Health - Sep. 25, 2009
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Award Description: The development and maintenance of memory T cells is a hallmark of the host response to acute and persistent viral infections and a major objective of vaccination for infectious diseases and cancer. Progress in defining the qualitative attributes of memory T cells that contribute to their longevity has been much less significant, particularly in humans. Addressing these issues requires a greater understanding of the subsets of T cells that make up the human memory T cell pool and the application of novel approaches to interrogate the cellular and molecular programs that maintain these cells. The studies in this challenge grant will determine the frequency, functional properties and gene expression profile of novel subsets of human memory T cells that have characteristics of long-lived cells, and elucidate their development after vaccination. The potential impact of this work relates to improving our understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the durability of human CD8+ T memory in normal individuals and those undergoing chemotherapy or vaccination.
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