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Human virus-specific T cells in peripheral blood and lymph nodes: Phenotype,
function and clonal relationships
Remmerswaal, E.B.M.
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HUMAN VIRUS-SPECIFIC T CELLS IN
PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND LYMPH NODES:
phenotype, function and clonal relationships
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Ester B.M. Remmerswaal
Ester B.M. Remmerswaal
2014
HUMAN VIRUS-SPECIFIC T CELLS IN PERIPHERAL
BLOOD AND LYMPH NODES:
PHENOTYPE, FUNCTION AND CLONAL RELATIONSHIPS
This research was performed at the department of Experimental Immunology (EXIM) and the Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, at the Academic Medical Centre (Amsterdam, the Netherlands).
Title: Human virus-specific T cells in peripheral blood and lymph nodes: phenotype, function and clonal relationships Cover: "verdedigingswerken", 2014
by Marjolein Spitteler (www.marjoleinspitteler.nl) Printing and layout: Off Page
ISBN: 978-94-6182-492-9
HUMAN VIRUS-SPECIFIC T CELLS IN PERIPHERAL
BLOOD AND LYMPH NODES:
PHENOTYPE, FUNCTION AND CLONAL RELATIONSHIPS
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus
prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom
ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel
op woensdag 19 november 2014, te 14:00 uur door
Elisabeth Bernardina Maria Remmerswaal geboren te Voorburg
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. Dr. R.A.W. van Lier Prof. Dr. R.J.M. ten Berge
Overige leden: Prof. Dr. A. Akbar Dr. V. Appay
Prof. Dr. T.B.H. Geijtenbeek Prof. Dr. T.W. Kuijpers Dr. G.M.G.M. Verjans Prof. Dr. H.L. Zaaijer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
Chapter 2 Blood and beyond: Properties of circulating 39 and tissue-resident human virus-specific
αβ
CD8+ T cellsChapter 3 Two dimensions in human CD8+ T-cell development: 63
cell surface phenotype in conjunction with T-bet and Eomes expression levels predicts the functional potential of antigen-experienced CD8+ T-cells
Chapter 4 Deep sequencing of antiviral T-cell responses to hCmv 97 and EBv in humans reveals a stable repertoire that is
maintained for many years
Chapter 5 Human virus-specific effector-type T cells accumulate 125 in blood but not in lymph nodes
Chapter 6 Clonal evolution of CD8+ T cell responses against latent 149
viruses: relationship between phenotype, localization and function
Chapter 7 Emergence of a CD28
⁻
granzyme B+CD4+ cytomegalovirus 183-specific T cell subset after recovery of primary cytomegalovirus infection
Chapter 8 Strong selection of virus-specific cytotoxic CD4+ T-cell 205
clones during primary human cytomegalovirus infection
Chapter 9 General discussion 225
Appendix Summary 241
Samenvatting voor niet ingewijden 245
List of Publications 253
Abbreviations 257
PhD portfolio 261
Curriculum vitae 263