Microbial metabolites control the thymic development of mucosal-associated invariant T cells

F Legoux, D Bellet, C Daviaud, Y El Morr, A Darbois… - Science, 2019 - science.org
How the microbiota modulate immune functions remains poorly understood. Mucosal-
associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are implicated in mucosal homeostasis and absent in …

MAIT cells are imprinted by the microbiota in early life and promote tissue repair

MG Constantinides, VM Link, S Tamoutounour… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The microbiota promotes the maturation and homeostasis of the immune
system, in part through the release of microbial products. Early-life microbial colonization …

Molecular mechanisms of lineage decisions in metabolite-specific T cells

F Legoux, J Gilet, E Procopio, K Echasserieau… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells) recognize the microbial metabolite 5-(2-
oxopropylideneamino)-6-d-ribitylaminouracil (5-OP-RU) presented by the MHC class Ib …

A three-stage intrathymic development pathway for the mucosal-associated invariant T cell lineage

HF Koay, NA Gherardin, A Enders, L Loh… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells) detect microbial vitamin B2 derivatives
presented by the antigen-presenting molecule MR1. Here we defined three developmental …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Early-life imprinting of unconventional T cells and tissue homeostasis

MG Constantinides, Y Belkaid - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND In addition to providing antimicrobial immunity, the immune system governs
numerous aspects of host physiology, in part through the coordinated action of tissue …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

The proliferation of human mucosal-associated invariant T cells requires a MYC-SLC7A5-glycolysis metabolic axis

N Kedia-Mehta, MM Pisarska, C Rollings, C O'Neill… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an abundant population of innate T cells
that recognize bacterial ligands and play a key role in host protection against bacterial and …

Thymic development of gut-microbiota-specific T cells

DF Zegarra-Ruiz, DV Kim, K Norwood, M Kim, WJH Wu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Humans and their microbiota have coevolved a mutually beneficial relationship in which the
human host provides a hospitable environment for the microorganisms and the microbiota …

[HTML][HTML] Mucosal-associated invariant T cell–rich congenic mouse strain allows functional evaluation

Y Cui, K Franciszkiewicz, YK Mburu… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAITs) have potent antimicrobial activity and are
abundant in humans (5%–10% in blood). Despite strong evolutionary conservation of the …