The biology and functional importance of MAIT cells

DI Godfrey, HF Koay, J McCluskey, NA Gherardin - Nature immunology, 2019 - nature.com
In recent years, a population of unconventional T cells called 'mucosal-associated invariant
T cells'(MAIT cells) has captured the attention of immunologists and clinicians due to their …

Thymic development of unconventional T cells: how NKT cells, MAIT cells and γδ T cells emerge

DG Pellicci, HF Koay, SP Berzins - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
T cell lineages are defined by specialized functions and differential expression of surface
antigens, cytokines and transcription factors. Conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are the …

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 …

Genome-wide CRISPR–Cas9 screening reveals ubiquitous T cell cancer targeting via the monomorphic MHC class I-related protein MR1

MD Crowther, G Dolton, M Legut, ME Caillaud… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent, T cell–mediated targeting of cancer cells
would allow immune destruction of malignancies in all individuals. Here, we use genome …

The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells

DI Godfrey, AP Uldrich, J McCluskey, J Rossjohn… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
While most studies of T lymphocytes have focused on T cells reactive to complexes of
peptide and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, many other types of T cells do …

High-throughput targeted long-read single cell sequencing reveals the clonal and transcriptional landscape of lymphocytes

M Singh, G Al-Eryani, S Carswell, JM Ferguson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
High-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing is a powerful technique but only generates
short reads from one end of a cDNA template, limiting the reconstruction of highly diverse …

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 …

Human blood MAIT cell subsets defined using MR1 tetramers

NA Gherardin, MNT Souter, HF Koay… - Immunology and cell …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mucosal‐associated invariant T (MAIT) cells represent up to 10% of circulating human T
cells. They are usually defined using combinations of non‐lineage‐specific (surrogate) …

MAIT cell development and functions: the microbial connection

F Legoux, M Salou, O Lantz - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an evolutionarily conserved T cell subset,
which reacts to most bacteria through T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated recognition of …

Identification of phenotypically and functionally heterogeneous mouse mucosal-associated invariant T cells using MR1 tetramers

A Rahimpour, HF Koay, A Enders, R Clanchy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - rupress.org
Studies on the biology of mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells) in mice have
been hampered by a lack of specific reagents. Using MR1-antigen (Ag) tetramers that …