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    CXCR5+ follicular cytotoxic T cells control viral infection in B cell follicles
    (Nature, 2016) Leong, Yew Ann; Chen, Yaping; Ong, Hong Sheng; Wu, Di; Man, Kevin; Deleage, Claire; Minnich, Martina; Meckiff, Benjamin J.; Wei, Yunbo; Hou, Zhaohua; Zotos, Dimitra; Fenix, Kevin A.; Atnerkar, Anurag; Preston, Simon; Chipman, Jeffrey G.; Beilman, Greg J.; Allison, Cody C.; Sun, Lei; Wang, Peng; Xu, Jiawei; Toe, Jesse G.; Lu, Hao K.; Tao, Yong; Palendira, Umaimainthan; Dent, Alexander L.; Landay, Alan L.; Pellegrini, Marc; Comerford, Iain; McColl, Shaun R.; Schacker, Timothy W.; Long, Heather M.; Estes, Jacob D.; Busslinger, Meinrad; Belz, Gabrielle T.; Lewin, Sharon R.; Kallies, Axel; Yu, Di; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, IU School of Medicine
    During unresolved infections, some viruses escape immunological control and establish a persistant reservoir in certain cell types, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which persists in follicular helper T cells (TFH cells), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which persists in B cells. Here we identified a specialized group of cytotoxic T cells (TC cells) that expressed the chemokine receptor CXCR5, selectively entered B cell follicles and eradicated infected TFH cells and B cells. The differentiation of these cells, which we have called 'follicular cytotoxic T cells' (TFC cells), required the transcription factors Bcl6, E2A and TCF-1 but was inhibited by the transcriptional regulators Blimp1, Id2 and Id3. Blimp1 and E2A directly regulated Cxcr5 expression and, together with Bcl6 and TCF-1, formed a transcriptional circuit that guided TFC cell development. The identification of TFC cells has far-reaching implications for the development of strategies to control infections that target B cells and TFH cells and to treat B cell–derived malignancies.