The dynamic lives of T cells:: new approaches and themes

• Autores: Yvonne J. Yamanaka, Todd M. Gierahn, J. Cristopher Love
• Localización: Trends in immunology, ISSN 1471-4906, Vol. 34, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 59-66
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Activated T cells have classically been thought to progress unidirectionally through discrete phenotypic states and differentiate into static lineages. It is increasingly evident, however, that T cells exhibit much more complex and flexible dynamic behaviors than initially appreciated, and that these behaviors influence the efficacy of T cell responses to immunological challenges. In this review, we discuss how new technologies for monitoring the dynamics of T cells are enhancing the resolution of the fine phenotypic and functional heterogeneity within populations of T cells and revealing how individual T cells transition among a continuum of states. Such insights into the dynamic properties of T cells should improve immune monitoring and inform strategies for therapeutic interventions.