Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells are highly activated in duodenal tissue of humans with Vibrio cholerae O1 infection: A preliminary report.

• Main Authors: Taufiqur R Bhuiyan (Author), M Arifur Rahman (Author), Shubhanshi Trivedi (Author), Taliman Afroz (Author), Hasan Al Banna (Author), Mohammad Rubel Hoq (Author), Ioana Pop (Author), Owen Jensen (Author), Rasheduzzaman Rashu (Author), Muhammad Ikhtear Uddin (Author), Motaher Hossain (Author), Ashraful I Khan (Author), Fahima Chowdhury (Author), Jason B Harris (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author), Daniel T Leung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are unconventional T lymphocytes with a semi-conserved TCRα, activated by the presentation of vitamin B metabolites by the MHC-I related protein, MR1, and with diverse innate and adaptive effector functions. The role of MAIT cells in acute intestinal infec...