1. MAIT cells are activated during human viral infections
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Bonnie van Wilgenburg, Iris Scherwitzl, Edward C. Hutchinson, Tianqi Leng, Ayako Kurioka, Corinna Kulicke, Catherine de Lara, Suzanne Cole, Sirijitt Vasanawathana, Wannee Limpitikul, Prida Malasit, Duncan Young, Laura Denney, STOP-HCV consortium, Michael D. Moore, Paolo Fabris, Maria Teresa Giordani, Ye Htun Oo, Stephen M. Laidlaw, Lynn B. Dustin, Ling-Pei Ho, Fiona M. Thompson, Narayan Ramamurthy, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Christian B. Willberg, Gavin R. Screaton, and Paul Klenerman
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Science - Abstract
Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells have been implicated in response to bacterial pathogens. Here the authors show that in human viral infections, these cells are activated by IL-18 in cooperation with other pro-inflammatory cytokines, producing interferon gamma and granzyme B.
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- 2016
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