Mucosal-associated invariant T-cells: New players in anti-bacterial immunity

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Ussher, James E ^a,b   Klenerman, Paul ^a,c   Willberg, Chris B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial; CD161; Inflammation; MAIT cells; MR1; TCR

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MUCOSAL ASSOCIATED INVARIANT T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SALMONELLOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84918836018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00450     Document Type: Review

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