Circulating mucosal associated invariant T cells are activated in Vibrio cholerae O1 infection and associated with lipopolysaccharide antibody responses.

• Main Authors: Daniel T Leung (Author), Taufiqur R Bhuiyan (Author), Naoshin S Nishat (Author), Mohammad Rubel Hoq (Author), Amena Aktar (Author), M Arifur Rahman (Author), Taher Uddin (Author), Ashraful I Khan (Author), Fahima Chowdhury (Author), Richelle C Charles (Author), Jason B Harris (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like T cells found in abundance in the intestinal mucosa, and are thought to play a role in bridging the innate-adaptive interface.We measured MAIT cell frequencies and antibody responses in blood from patients presenting with culture-confirmed...