RNAseq of restimulated lung CD8 T cells 21 days post influenza A infection

We report the RNA sequencing of both non-restimulated and restimulated (using anti CD3/CD28 cross-linking) antigen-experienced (CD44+) mouse lung CD8 T cells 21 days post X31 influenza A infection subsetted by integrin expression of CD49a and CD103. After restimulation, all four subsets (CD49a+CD103+, CD49a+CD103-,CD49a-CD103+, CD49a-CD103-) demonstrate global differences and separate in principle component analysis space, with CD49a+ groups showing elevated transcripts for a number of effector functions. The non-restimulated T cells separate out into CD49a+CD103+/- and CD49a-CD103+/- groups. CD49a serves as a correlate of effector transcripts in mouse lungs to a greater degree than CD103 in both non-restimulated and restimulated conditions. Examination of transcriptome of mouse lung CD8 T cells after influenza infection.