Innate lymphoid cells and innate-like T cells in cancer—at the crossroads of innate and adaptive immunity

B Ruf, TF Greten, F Korangy - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Immunotherapies targeting conventional T cells have revolutionized systemic treatment for
many cancers, yet only a subset of patients benefit from these approaches. A better …

MAIT cell activation and functions

TSC Hinks, XW Zhang - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are striking in their abundance and their strict
conservation across 150 million years of mammalian evolution, implying they must fulfill …

Integrated longitudinal immunophenotypic, transcriptional, and repertoire analyses delineate immune responses in patients with COVID-19

S Notarbartolo, V Ranzani, A Bandera, P Gruarin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
To understand how a protective immune response against SARS-CoV-2 develops over time,
we integrated phenotypic, transcriptional, and repertoire analyses on PBMCs from patients …

Single-cell analysis of human MAIT cell transcriptional, functional and clonal diversity

LC Garner, A Amini, MEB FitzPatrick, MJ Lett… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T cells that recognize microbial
metabolites through a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR). Major questions remain …

Mucosal-associated invariant T cells restrict reactive oxidative damage and preserve meningeal barrier integrity and cognitive function

Y Zhang, JT Bailey, E Xu, K Singh, M Lavaert… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates close interaction between immune cells and the brain,
revising the traditional view of the immune privilege of the brain. However, the specific …

Role of MR1-driven signals and amphiregulin on the recruitment and repair function of MAIT cells during skin wound healing

A Du Halgouet, A Darbois, M Alkobtawi, M Mestdagh… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Tissue repair processes maintain proper organ function following mechanical or infection-
related damage. In addition to antibacterial properties, mucosal associated invariant T …

MAIT cells monitor intestinal dysbiosis and contribute to host protection during colitis

Y El Morr, M Fürstenheim, M Mestdagh… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Intestinal inflammation shifts microbiota composition and metabolism. How the host monitors
and responds to such changes remains unclear. Here, we describe a protective mechanism …

Phenotypical and functional alteration of unconventional T cells in severe COVID-19 patients

Y Jouan, A Guillon, L Gonzalez, Y Perez… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
COVID-19 includes lung infection ranging from mild pneumonia to life-threatening acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Dysregulated host immune response in the lung is a …

TCR and inflammatory signals tune human MAIT cells to exert specific tissue repair and effector functions

T Leng, HD Akther, CP Hackstein, K Powell, T King… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
MAIT cells are an unconventional T cell population that can be activated through both TCR-
dependent and TCR-independent mechanisms. Here, we examined the impact of …

[HTML][HTML] MAIT cells, guardians of skin and mucosa?

I Nel, L Bertrand, A Toubal, A Lehuen - Mucosal immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells are evolutionary conserved innate-like
T cells able to recognize bacterial and fungal ligands derived from vitamin B biosynthesis …