Long-term pathogen and tumor control as well as checkpoint immunotherapies rely on ‘stem-like’ CD8+ T cells. New results uncover BACH2 as a key regulator of this subpopulation and solve an important piece of the puzzle.
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We thank members of the Zúñiga laboratory for their valuable feedback. Research in the Zúñiga laboratory is supported by N.I.H. grants AI145314, AI081923, AI113923 and AI132122. L.L.-B. was partly supported by a ‘La Caixa’ fellowship for studies in North America and by the UCSD Frontiers of Innovation Scholars Program.
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Labarta-Bajo, L., Zúñiga, E.I. BAtCHing stem-like T cells during exhaustion. Nat Immunol 22, 274–276 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-021-00891-8
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