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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2019 Nov 15;203(10):2561–2569. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900767

Table 1 – Experimental estimates of CD8+ TRM population parameters in different murine tissues and infection settings.

Time detectable represents the maximum observed duration of TRM persistence; tissues are approximately arranged in order of increasing estimates.

Tissue System Time
detectable
Population
half-life*
Self
renewal
References

Lungs Influenza < 210d 5–7d No BrdU uptake detected (7, 69, 79)

Liver Malaria > 100d 28–36d (11, 70)
LCMV > 120d (17)

FRT HSV > 80d (5, 35)
LCMV > 120d (17)

Intestine YPTB > 120d (16)
LCMV > 120d (17)

Brain VACV > 120d <1% BrdU+ in 1 wk (76)
LCMV > 240d 9% Ki67+ (12)

Skin VACV > 160d (6)
LCMV > 200d (69)
HSV > 540d <5% BrdU+ in 1wk (3, 4, 58, 83)

FRT = female reproductive tract; HSV = herpes simplex virus; LCMV = Lymphocytic choriomeningitis; VACV = vaccinia virus; YPTB = Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

*

Half-life estimates do not account for any ongoing recruitment from circulating subsets.