Prolonged persistence of tissue‐resident memory cells in the upper airway following <scp>SARS</scp> ‐ <scp>CoV</scp> ‐2 infection and vaccination
Our findings identify the nasopharynx as a key site of long-lived immunological memory, marked by persistent T<sub>RM</sub> and B<sub>RM</sub> cells after SARS-CoV-2 exposure.
Authors
- Hyun jik Kim
- Han Cha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4787-605X)
- Soo Min Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9144-7355)
- Siyeon Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-8900)
- Jina Won
- Suhyun Lim
- Sujin Kim
- Sung Dong Cho
Institutions
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Soonchunhyang University (KR)
- New Generation University College (ET)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical & Translational Immunology
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cti2.70075
- Primary Topic
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Soonchunhyang University
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea