MR1 antigen presentation to MAIT cells and other MR1-restricted T cells

HEG McWilliam, JA Villadangos - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2024 - nature.com
MHC antigen presentation plays a fundamental role in adaptive and semi-invariant T cell
immunity. Distinct MHC molecules bind antigens that differ in chemical structure, origin and …

Molecular insights into metabolite antigen recognition by mucosal-associated invariant T cells

W Awad, L Ciacchi, J McCluskey, DP Fairlie… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolite-based T-cell immunity is emerging as a major player in antimicrobial immunity,
autoimmunity, and cancer. Here, small-molecule metabolites were identified to be captured …

Transcriptomes and metabolism define mouse and human MAIT cell populations

S Chandra, G Ascui, T Riffelmacher, A Chawla… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of T lymphocytes that respond to
microbial metabolites. We defined MAIT cell populations in different organs and …

Promiscuous recognition of MR1 drives self-reactive mucosal-associated invariant T cell responses

A Chancellor, R Alan Simmons, RC Khanolkar… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells use canonical semi-invariant T cell receptors
(TCR) to recognize microbial riboflavin precursors displayed by the antigen-presenting …

MAIT cell activation and recruitment in inflammation and tissue damage in acute appendicitis

Y Zheng, F Han, Z Wu, B Wang, X Chen, C Boulouis… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are antimicrobial T cells abundant in the gut, but
mechanisms for their migration into tissues during inflammation are poorly understood …

Classic costimulatory interactions in MAIT cell responses: from gene expression to immune regulation

NI Wang, M Ninkov… - Clinical and Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are evolutionarily conserved, innate-like T
lymphocytes with enormous immunomodulatory potentials. Due to their strategic …

MAIT cell-MR1 reactivity is highly conserved across multiple divergent species

MD Edmans, TK Connelley, S Morgan… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - jbc.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of unconventional T cells that
recognize small molecule metabolites presented by major histocompatibility complex class I …

Differentiation of Type 17 Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in Circulation Contributes to the Severity of Sepsis

X Li, S Fu, H Cheng, M Ma, Z Song, J Li, S Wu… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are essential in defending against infection.
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to infection and a leading cause of death. The …

Antibody-mediated depletion of select leukocyte subsets in blood and tissue of nonhuman primates

MS Sutton, AN Bucsan, CC Lehman… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the immunological control of pathogens requires a detailed evaluation of the
mechanistic contributions of individual cell types within the immune system. While knockout …

Synthetic 5-amino-6-D-ribitylaminouracil paired with inflammatory stimuli facilitates MAIT cell expansion in vivo

AG Nelson, H Wang, PM Dewar, EM Eddy, S Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a population of innate-like T
cells, which mediate host immunity to microbial infection by recognizing metabolite antigens …