Identification of resident memory CD8 <sup>+</sup> T cells with functional specificity for SARS-CoV-2 in unexposed oropharyngeal lymphoid tissue
Julia Niessl, Takuya Sekine, Joshua Lange, Viktória Kónya, Marianne Forkel, Jovana Marić, Anna Rao, Luca Mazzurana, Efthymia Kokkinou, Whitney Weigel, Sian Llewellyn‐Lacey, Emma B. Hodcroft, Annika C. Karlsson, Johan Fehrm, Joar Sundman, David A. Price, Jenny Mjösberg, Danielle Friberg, Marcus Buggert
Abstract
T cells in unexposed individuals could potentially enable rapid sentinel immune responses against SARS-CoV-2.
Topics & Concepts
Lymphatic systemCD8BiologyPathologyIdentification (biology)ImmunologyMedicineAntigenBotanySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesDermatological and COVID-19 studies