Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Cytotoxic CD4+ T cells driven by T-cell intrinsic IL-18R/MyD88 signaling predominantly infiltrate Trypanosoma cruzi-infected hearts Increasing attention has been directed to cytotoxic CD4+ T cells (CD4CTLs) in different pathologies, both in humans and mice. The impact of CD4CTLs in immunity and the mechanisms controlling their generation, however, remain poorly understood. Here, for the first time, we showed that CD4CTLs abundantly differentiate during mouse infection with an intracellular parasite. CD4CTLs appear in the spleen in parallel to Th1 cells, display pathogen-derived peptide-specific cytotoxicity against antigen-presenting cells and express immunoregulatory and/or exhaustion markers. We demonstrated that CD4CTL absolute numbers and activity are severely reduced in both Myd88-/- and Il18ra-/- mice. Of note, the infection of mixed-bone marrow chimeras revealed that WT, but not Myd88-/-, cells transcribe the CD4CTL gene signature and that Il18ra-/-CD4+ phenocopy Myd88-/-CD4+ T cells. Moreover, the adoptive transfer of WT CD4+GzB+ T cells to susceptible Il18ra-/- mice increased their survival. Importantly, cells expressing the CD4CTL phenotype predominate among CD4+ T cells infiltrating the infected cardiac tissue, are increased in the circulation of Chagas patients and their frequency correlates with severe cardiomyopathy. Our findings describe CD4CTLs as a major player in immune response to a relevant human pathogen and disclose T-cell intrinsic IL-18R/MyD88 signaling as a key pathway controlling the magnitude of the CD4CTL response.
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