Dengue infection elicits skin tissue-resident and circulating CD8+ T cells associated with protection from hospitalization
Noor Zayanah Hamis, Justin SG Ooi, Ka-Wai Cheung, Valerie Chew, Michaela Gregorova, Eugenia Ziying Ong, Kuan Rong Chan, Tun-Linn Thein, Yee-Sin Leo, David Chien Boon Lye, Eng Eong Ooi, Laura Rivino
TL;DR
Dengue infection changes the skin's T cell population and boosts CD8+ T cells linked to protection from hospitalization.
Contribution
The study identifies skin-resident CD8+ T cells as a novel correlate of protection in dengue.
Findings
Skin T cells show significant reshaping with increased CD4+ and CD8+ T cell proliferation.
Activated skin CD8+ T cells express a TRM cell signature, indicating differentiation during infection.
Stronger skin and blood CD8+ T cell responses correlate with reduced hospitalization risk.
Abstract
Dengue is spreading globally, and there is urgent need to define immune correlates of protection for this disease. Dengue infection first occurs in the skin following the bite of an infected mosquito; however, knowledge of host immune responses within this site remains sparse. We investigated the phenotypic, functional, and transcriptional profiles of skin and blood T cells in 73 patients with dengue and 10 healthy volunteers. We show that the skin T cell compartment undergoes marked reshaping and is strongly enriched with proliferating CD4+ and CD8+ T cells compared with the blood of patients. Activated skin CD8+ T cells expressed a core transcriptional signature of tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells, supporting their differentiation to the TRM cell lineage during infection. The magnitude of skin and blood CD8+ T cell responses were associated with protection from hospitalization in…
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TopicsMosquito-borne diseases and control · Immune Cell Function and Interaction · HIV Research and Treatment