Notch signaling promotes the maintenance of lung-resident CD8+ memory T cells that are transcriptionally poised for rapid effector responses but have heightened expression of inhibitory receptors, suggestive of tight regulation.
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Wijeyesinghe, S., Masopust, D. Resident memory T cells are a Notch above the rest. Nat Immunol 17, 1337–1338 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3617
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