| First Author | Rivera A | Year | 2006 |
| Journal | Immunity | Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 665-75 |
| PubMed ID | 17027299 | Mgi Jnum | J:114879 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3690286 | Doi | 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.08.016 |
| Citation | Rivera A, et al. (2006) Innate immune activation and CD4+ T cell priming during respiratory fungal infection. Immunity 25(4):665-75 |
| abstractText | Aspergillus fumigatus is a mold that causes a spectrum of diseases, including lethal lung infections in immunocompromised humans and allergic asthma in atopic individuals. T helper 1 (Th1) CD4(+) T cells protect against invasive A. fumigatus infections whereas Th2 CD4(+) T cells exacerbate asthma upon inhalation of A. fumigatus spores. Herein, we demonstrate that A. fumigatus-specific T cells were rapidly primed in lymph nodes draining the lung and fully differentiated into interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-producing Th1 CD4(+) T cells upon arrival in the airways. T-bet induction in A. fumigatus-specific CD4(+) T cells was enhanced by MyD88-mediated signals in draining lymph nodes, but T cell proliferation, trafficking, and Th1 differentiation in the airways were Toll-like receptor (TLR) and MyD88 independent. Our studies demonstrate that CD4(+) T cell differentiation during respiratory fungal infection occurs incrementally, with TLR-mediated signals in the lymph node enhancing the potential for IFN-gamma production whereas MyD88-independent signals promote Th1 differentiation in the lung. |
