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Title: The immunobiology of human hepatic gamma delta T cells
Author: Hunter, Stuart
ISNI:       0000 0004 7426 1908
Awarding Body: University of Birmingham
Current Institution: University of Birmingham
Date of Award: 2018
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Abstract:
The liver contains a number of tissue-associated lymphocyte populations, of which many have been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic liver diseases. γδ T cells, particularly the Vδ2neg subset, are known to comprise a substantial proportion of tissue-associated lymphocytes, although their immunobiology remains poorly understood. Here, the localisation, TCR diversity, immunophenotype and function of human intrahepatic γδ T cells was explored with an emphasis on highlighting any potential role in chronic liver disease and also to further understanding of tissue-associated γδ T cells, using the liver as a model tissue. Intrahepatic γδ T cells were predominantly localised in the sinusoids and did not increase in frequency with chronic inflammation. Vδ2neg cells exhibited private TCR clonal focussing, with complex CDR3 regions suggestive of antigen-driven expansions, concordant with a loss of naive-like CD27hi cells present in the periphery. Expanded clonotypes were phenotypically TEM- or TEMRA-like, with TEMRA-like clonotypes shared between liver and blood and resembling vasculature-associated virus-specific CD8⁺ T cells while TEM clonotypes were identified only in the liver and resembled tissue-resident CD8⁺ T cells. These findings suggest that disease has minimal impact on intrahepatic γδ T cells, while supporting an adaptive paradigm for these cells in the formation of tissue-associated subsets.
Supervisor: Not available Sponsor: Not available
Qualification Name: Thesis (Ph.D.) Qualification Level: Doctoral
EThOS ID: uk.bl.ethos.753083  DOI: Not available
Keywords: QR180 Immunology ; RB Pathology
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