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Peripheral Blood CCR4+CCR6+ and CXCR3+CCR6+ CD4+ T-Cells ...

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Chemokine Receptors are Markers for <strong>CD4+</strong> T-<strong>Cells</strong> with<br />

Distinct Lineage Commitment <strong>and</strong> Antigenic Specificity<br />

CXCR3<br />

Th1<br />

T-bet<br />

IFNγ<br />

Th2<br />

GATA-3<br />

CCR4<br />

CCR4-CXCR3+CCR6-<br />

IL-4<br />

CMV-specific<br />

CCR4+CXCR3-CCR6-<br />

worm-specific<br />

CXCR3<br />

CCR6<br />

Th1Th17<br />

T-bet<br />

RORγ<br />

IFNγ, IL-17<br />

CCR4-<strong>CXCR3+CCR6+</strong><br />

M. tuberculosis-specific<br />

CCR6<br />

Th17<br />

RORγ<br />

IL-17<br />

CCR4<br />

CCR4+CXCR3-CCR6+<br />

C. albicans-specific<br />

Acosta-Rodriguez et al., Nat. Immunol., 2007<br />

• CXCR3 regulates cell<br />

migration into inflamed<br />

tissues including the gut<br />

• CCR4 regulates cell<br />

migration into skin tissues<br />

• CCR6 mediates cell<br />

homing into the GALT<br />

⇒ The permissiveness to<br />

HIV infection of these four<br />

memory <strong>CD4+</strong> T-cell<br />

subsets remains unknown

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