Nature Communications (May 2019)

Diverse MR1-restricted T cells in mice and humans

  • Hui-Fern Koay,
  • Nicholas A. Gherardin,
  • Calvin Xu,
  • Rebecca Seneviratna,
  • Zhe Zhao,
  • Zhenjun Chen,
  • David P. Fairlie,
  • James McCluskey,
  • Daniel G. Pellicci,
  • Adam P. Uldrich,
  • Dale I. Godfrey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10198-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells express invariant TRAV1/TRAJ33 TCR-α gene segments and detect antigens presented by MR1. Here the authors show that atypical, MR1-restricted MAIT populations that include both Trav1+ and Trav1- cells are found in both Traj33-deficient mice and human peripheral blood.