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    Heterogeneity and dynamics of DENV-specific CD8 + T cells in dengue infection
    (2026-12-01)
    Srikor, Sirawit
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    Sungnak, Waradon
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    Trakoolsoontorn, Chawinya
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    Poonpanichakul, Tiraput
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    Jiravejchakul, Natnicha
    Dengue virus (DENV) is a major global health threat, with secondary heterotypic infections potentially inducing detrimental memory immune responses. Antigen-specific CD8 + T cells contribute to both protection and pathogenicity, yet how their phenotypic heterogeneity relates to disease severity remains unclear. Here, we performed plate-based single-cell RNA sequencing of circulating DENV-specific CD8 + T cells identified by HLA tetramers loaded with DENV NS3-derived epitopes. Using tetramer binding to peptides corresponding to the currently and serologically inferred dominant previously infecting serotypes, we identify distinct CD8 + T cell subsets associated with disease severity. Asymptomatic dengue is enriched for lower tetramer binding cells with moderate cytotoxic programs, whereas dengue hemorrhagic fever is associated with high tetramer binding CX3CR1 + CD8 + T cells exhibiting enhanced expression of genes related to T cell receptor signaling and cytotoxicity. T cell receptor repertoires are similar among symptomatic cases but displayed temporal dynamics. Overall, DENV NS3-specific CD8 + T cells across disease severity and time are associated with distinct transcriptomic states and T cell receptor features.
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    Distinct systemic immune responses in asymptomatic and symptomatic dengue virus infection
    (2025-12-17)
    Sungnak, Waradon
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    Jiravejchakul, Natnicha
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    Poonpanichakul, Tiraput
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    Trakoolsoontorn, Chawinya
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    Srikor, Sirawit
    A comprehensive understanding of human systemic immune responses to mosquito-borne dengue virus (DENV) infection is vital for addressing challenges posed by viral heterologous serotypes and potential adverse memory immune responses. Asymptomatic DENV infection offers an opportunity to explore protective immunity because infected individuals effectively clear the virus without symptomatic manifestations. However, data on asymptomatic dengue are scarce because of limited sample availability during silent viremia. Here, we conducted single-cell RNA and immune receptor sequencing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from donors with varying disease severities including asymptomatic dengue and performed longitudinal analysis in a symptomatic dengue cohort, enabling identification of distinct immune responses. In asymptomatic dengue, we observed potential indications of enhanced viral antigen processing via MHC-I, correlating with increased CD8 effector T cell activities, distinct NK cell profiles, and enriched IGHA1<sup>+</sup> plasmablasts. In contrast, symptomatic dengue cases exhibited indications toward antibody-mediated viral entry, elevated type I interferon responses, and IL-10–associated expansion of IGHG1<sup>+</sup> plasmablasts with biased V(D)J gene usage and a shared B cell receptor clonotype network. Our study reports a gene expression and immune receptor repertoire resource for systemic immune responses to DENV infection and suggests distinct mechanisms for potential protection and pathogenicity in individuals with asymptomatic compared with symptomatic dengue.
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    Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the expansion of circulating tissue-homing B cell subsets in secondary acute dengue viral infection
    (2024-05-30)
    Arora, Jantarika Kumar
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    Matangkasombut, Ponpan
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    Charoensawan, Varodom
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    Opasawatchai, Anunya
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    Sakuntabhai, Anavaj
    The roles of antibodies secreted by subsets of B cells in dengue virus (DENV) infection have been extensively studied, yet, the contribution of tissue-homing B cells to antiviral immunity remains unclear. In this study, we performed a comprehensive analysis of B cell subpopulations in peripheral blood samples from DENV-infected patients using single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets and flow cytometry. We showed that plasma cells (PCs) and plasmablasts (PBs) were the predominant B cell populations during the acute phase of secondary natural DENV infection, but not in convalescent phase nor in healthy controls. Interestingly, these cells expressed proliferation, adhesion, and tissue-homing genes, including SELPLG, a homing marker of the skin, the initial infected site of DENV. Flow cytometry analysis confirmed a significant upregulation of cell surface expression of a cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen (CLA) encoded by SELPLG in PCs and PBs, compared to naive and memory B cells from the same patients. The analysis of an independent single-cell B-cell receptor sequencing (scBCR-seq) dataset of DENV-infected patients revealed that the peripheral blood PCs and PBs exhibited the highest clonal expansion in secondary DENV infection compared to other B cell subsets. These clonally expanded cells also expressed the highest levels of tissue-homing genes, including SELPLG. In addition, by utilizing a public scRNA-seq dataset of SARS-CoV2 infection, we demonstrated the upregulation of several tissue-homing genes in PCs and PBs. Our study provides evidence for the potential roles of tissue-homing B cell subsets in the context of immune responses against viral infections in humans.