Maturation of sympathetic innervation in the lung facilitates the establishment of T helper 2 resident memory cells

Allergic asthma develops from allergen exposure in early childhood and progresses into adulthood. The central mediator of progressive allergic asthma is allergen-specific, T helper 2 (Th2) resident memory cells (TRMs). However, whether the immature lung facilitates residence of Th2-TRMs is unknown. Employing a mouse model of progressive allergic inflammation from neonates to adults, we found that maturing sympathetic nerves enable a dopamine-enriched lung environment in early life that promotes establishment of allergen-specific Th2-TRMs. To expore the molecular mechanism, we apply bulk RNA-seq to test the transcriptome changes in mouse Th2 cells after dopamine treatment. Comparative gene expression profiling analysis of RNA-seq data for mouse Th2 cells with/without dopamine treatment.