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Katherine Kedzierska
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Immunologist and Professor at the Doherty Institute and University of Melbourne
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Why do some people get seriously ill while others don't? Our new study in @pnas.org investigated how a population of memory T cells influence #COVID severity

Read the paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/4zkp
Or our article here: go.unimelb.edu.au/2zkp

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HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8+ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes | PNAS
Understanding host factors driving asymptomatic versus severe disease outcomes is of key importance if we are to control emerging and re-emerging v...
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September 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Massive congratulations Tejas 🎉
July 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Reposted by Katherine Kedzierska
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Thanks for the memories! Proud to have our study on central memory CD8+ T cells across the human lifespan published in PNAS today!
You can read our paper: go.unimelb.edu.au/rp7p
Or our article: go.unimelb.edu.au/jp7p
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Central memory T cells with key TCR repertoires and gene expression profiles dominate influenza CD8+ T cell pools across the human lifespan | PNAS
Central memory CD8+ T cells (Tcm) represent the prominent memory T cell subset in human blood, yet the persistence of T cell receptor (TCR) clonoty...
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July 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Reposted by Katherine Kedzierska
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Your immune system gradually loses it top team players when we get older 👱➡️👵
Our study in @ebiomedicine.bsky.social investigates how long good immune cells stay around – a 🧵⬇️ go.unimelb.edu.au/4sep
@katherinekedz.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social #Influenza #AgingResearch #Immunity #TCR
April 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM