MAIT cells reside in the female genital mucosa and are biased towards IL-17 and IL-22 production in response to bacterial stimulation

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-45

  Gibbs, A ^a   Leeansyah, E ^a   Introini, A ^a   Paquin Proulx, D ^a   Hasselrot, K ^a,b   Andersson, E ^c   Broliden, K ^a   Sandberg, J K ^a   Tjernlund, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4BETA7 INTEGRIN; EOMESODERMIN; GRANZYME B; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HELIOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN-22; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENORRHAGIA; MUCOSAL-ASSOCIATED INVARIANT T CELL; MYOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKINS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; RIBOFLAVIN;

EID: 85011066665     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2016.30     Document Type: Article

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