Tissue resident donor CD4 T cells contribute to chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). To date, how these cells are maintained and the mechanism of pathogenesis remain undefined. Here, the authors perform transcriptomics and epigenomic analyses, they analyze memory CD4 T cell heterogeneity and differentiation pathways in tissues of mice with chronic GVHD and propose the selective targeting of stem-like memory T cell stemness or differentiation as a strategy to alleviate chronic tissue inflammation
- Xiaohui Kong
- Bixin Wang
- Defu Zeng