Peripheral and intestinal mucosal-associated invariant T cells in premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis

• Main Authors: Jiayi Tian (Author), Chaoying Yan (Author), Yanfang Jiang (Author), Haohan Zhou (Author), Liyuan Li (Author), Jingjing Shen (Author), Jian Wang (Author), Hongyu Sun (Author), Guang Yang (Author), Wei Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a potentially fatal inflammatory gastrointestinal disease in preterm infants with unknown pathogenesis. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells primarily accumulate at sites where exposure to microbes is ubiquitous and regulate immunological respons...