[HTML][HTML] MAIT cells, guardians of skin and mucosa?

I Nel, L Bertrand, A Toubal, A Lehuen - Mucosal immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells are evolutionary conserved innate-like
T cells able to recognize bacterial and fungal ligands derived from vitamin B biosynthesis …

[HTML][HTML] The role of microbiota in respiratory health and diseases, particularly in tuberculosis

T Shah, Z Shah, Z Baloch, XM Cui - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Trillions of beneficial and hostile microorganisms live in the human respiratory and
gastrointestinal tracts, which act as gatekeepers in maintaining human health, ie, protecting …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome-immune interactions in tuberculosis

G Mori, M Morrison, A Blumenthal - PLoS pathogens, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB) remains an infectious disease of global significance and a leading cause
of death in low-and middle-income countries. Significant effort has been directed towards …

[HTML][HTML] Non-SCFA microbial metabolites associated with fiber fermentation and host health

ET Grant, H De Franco, MS Desai - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Dietary fiber is degraded by commensal gut microbes to yield host-beneficial short-chain
fatty acids (SCFAs), but personalized responses to fiber supplementation highlight a role for …

[HTML][HTML] The potential roles of mucosa-associated invariant T cells in the pathogenesis of gut graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

MG Gao, Y Hong, XY Zhao, XA Pan, YQ Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Gut acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is a serious complication after allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and is associated with high mortality …

[HTML][HTML] MAIT cell activation is reduced by direct and microbiota-mediated exposure to bisphenols

JL Krause, B Engelmann, UN Da Rocha… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oral uptake is the primary route of human bisphenol exposure, resulting in an exposure of
the intestinal microbiota and intestine-associated immune cells. Therefore, we compared the …

Augmentation of the riboflavin-biosynthetic pathway enhances mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cell activation and diminishes Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

RJ Dey, B Dey, M Harriff, ET Canfield, DM Lewinsohn… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells play a critical role in antimicrobial defense.
Despite increased understanding of their mycobacterial ligands and the clinical association …

[HTML][HTML] MAIT cells in barrier tissues: lessons from immediate neighbors

A Amini, D Pang, CP Hackstein… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T cells present at considerable
frequencies in human blood and barrier tissues, armed with an expanding array of effector …

[HTML][HTML] MAIT cells and the microbiome

MF Jabeen, TSC Hinks - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T lymphocytes, strikingly
enriched at mucosal surfaces and characterized by a semi-invariant αβ T cell receptor (TCR) …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging role for MAIT cells in control of antimicrobial resistance

E Leeansyah, C Boulouis, ALH Kwa, JK Sandberg - Trends in Microbiology, 2021 - cell.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health as antibiotics are losing
effectiveness due to rapid development of resistance. The human immune system facilitates …