TB Research

Landscape of Exhausted T Cells in Tuberculosis Revealed by Single-Cell Sequencing

Jiahui Pan, Xinyue Zhang, Jianting Xu, Zecheng Chang, Zhuoyuan Xin, Guoqing Wang

Microbiology Spectrum · 2023-03

Abstract

Identifying the changes in immune cells in response to infection can provide a better understanding of the effects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the host immune system. We performed single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis of CD4 + T and CD8 + T cells isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy individuals and patients with tuberculosis to reveal the cellular characteristics.

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • CD8
  • Biology
  • Immune system
  • Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
  • Immunology
  • Transcriptome
  • T cell
  • Cell
  • Cytotoxic T cell
  • Gene
  • Virology