Arming of MAIT Cell Cytolytic Antimicrobial Activity Is Induced by IL-7 and Defective in HIV-1 Infection.

Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells represent a large innate-like evolutionarily conserved antimicrobial T-cell subset in humans. MAIT cells recognize microbial riboflavin metabolites from a range of microbes presented by MR1 molecules. MAIT cells are impaired in several chronic diseases incl...

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Main Authors: Edwin Leeansyah, Jenny Svärd, Joana Dias, Marcus Buggert, Jessica Nyström, Máire F Quigley, Markus Moll, Anders Sönnerborg, Piotr Nowak, Johan K Sandberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005072