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While it is known that several factors are involved in this differentiation, including subsets of antigen-presenting cells, cytokine environment, and metabolic activation, how calcium signaling plays a role in this event has remained elusive and sometimes controversial. In this report, we show that ER membrane Ca2+ ion channel ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) may be an important regulator in this event. RyR2-deficient T cells show greater retention of Ca2+ in the ER and have reduced SOCE activation, leading a delayed entry of NFAT2 into the nuclei. This delay causes a significant bias toward Th1 both in cytokine profiles and in T-bet expression, likely as a result of increased Il12rb2 and Stat4 expression. Interestingly, such a bias permits better host protection against intracellular Listeria Monocytogenes infection. 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