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From the * Michael Heidelberger Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology and Kaplan
Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, 10016; and the A successful T cell immune response has two major products: effector T cells which directly or
indirectly remove the antigens, and memory T cells, which allow a faster and more efficient recall response when challenged by related antigens. An important issue is whether costimulatory
molecules on the antigen-presenting cells are involved in determining whether T cells will differentiate into effector or memory cells after antigenic stimulation. To address this issue, we
have produced mice with targeted mutations of either the heat-stable antigen (HSA), or both
HSA and CD28. We show that CD28/B7 and HSA provide two alternative costimulatory pathways for induction of immunological memory to influenza virus. Furthermore, our results
revealed that B7 is essential for the generation of effector T cells from either naive or memory
T cells, while HSA is not necessary for the generation of effector T cells. Our results demonstrate that the induction of memory T cells and effector T cells can utilize distinct costimulatory molecules. These results have important implications on lineage relationship between effector and memory T cells.
Max Planck Institut für Immunologie, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany
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