Maintenance of the peripheral naive CD8+ T cell pool depends on T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signals and interleukin 7 (IL-7). TCR signaling limits the duration of IL-7 signals to avoid an interferon-γ-mediated mechanism of apoptotic death of naive CD8+ T cells.
- Atsushi Onodera
- Damon John Tumes
- Toshinori Nakayama