MAIT cell compartment characteristics are associated with the immune response magnitude to the BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

• Main Authors: Caroline Boulouis (Author), Tobias Kammann (Author), Angelica Cuapio (Author), Tiphaine Parrot (Author), Yu Gao (Author), Elli Mouchtaridi (Author), David Wullimann (Author), Joshua Lange (Author), Puran Chen (Author), Mira Akber (Author), Olga Rivera Ballesteros (Author), Jagadeeswara Rao Muvva (Author), COVAXID study group (Author), C. I. Edvard Smith (Author), Jan Vesterbacka (Author), Oscar Kieri (Author), Piotr Nowak (Author), Peter Bergman (Author), Marcus Buggert (Author), Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren (Author), Soo Aleman (Author), Johan K. Sandberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Mucosa-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are unconventional T cells with innate-like capacity to rapidly respond to microbial infection via MR1-restricted antigen recognition. Emerging evidence indicate that they can also act as rapid sensors of viral infection via innate cytokine activat...