MAIT Cells Upregulate alpha 4 beta 7 in Response to Acute Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/Simian HIV Infection but Are Resistant to Peripheral Depletion in Pigtail Macaques

Jennifer A Juno; Kathleen M Wragg; Thakshila Amarasena; Bronwyn S Meehan; Jeffrey YW Mak; Ligong Liu; David P Fairlie; James McCluskey; Sidonia BG Eckle; Stephen J Kent

Journal article

MAIT Cells Upregulate alpha 4 beta 7 in Response to Acute Simian Immunodeficiency Virus/Simian HIV Infection but Are Resistant to Peripheral Depletion in Pigtail Macaques

Jennifer A Juno, Kathleen M Wragg, Thakshila Amarasena, Bronwyn S Meehan, Jeffrey YW Mak, Ligong Liu, David P Fairlie, James McCluskey, Sidonia BG Eckle, Stephen J Kent

The Journal of Immunology | AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801405

University of Melbourne Researchers

Jennifer Juno Author Microbiology and Immunology

Stephen Kent Author Microbiology and Immunology

James McCluskey Author

Sidonia Eckle Author Microbiology and Immunology

Kathleen Wragg Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant 1052979. J.A.J. and S.J.K. are funded by NHMRC fellowships. S.B.G.E. is funded by an Australian Research Council fellowship.