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  • Dysfunction of CD8(+) T cells can lead to the development of chronic viral infection. Identifying mechanisms responsible for such T cell dysfunction is therefore of great importance to understand how to prevent persistent viral infection. Here we show using lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection that carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1) is fundamental for recruiting lymphocyte-specific protein kinase (Lck) into the T cell receptor complex to form an efficient immunological synapse. CEACAM1 is essential for activation of CD8(+) T cells, and the absence of CEACAM1 on virus-specific CD8(+) T cells limits the antiviral CD8(+) T cell response. Treatment with anti-CEACAM1 antibody stabilizes Lck in the immunological synapse, prevents CD8(+) T cell exhaustion, and improves control of virus infection in vivo. Treatment of human virus-specific CD8(+) T cells with anti-CEACAM1 antibody similarly enhances their proliferation. We conclude that CEACAM1 is an important regulator of virus-specific CD8(+) T cell functions in mice and humans and represents a promising therapeutic target for modulating CD8(+) T cells.
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  • Virology
  • Immunology
  • T cells
  • Immune system
  • Viruses
  • Clusters of differentiation
  • Human cells
  • Membrane biology
  • Tyrosine kinases
  • 1898 in biology
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