Journal article
Fighting infection with your MAITs
DI Godfrey, J Rossjohn, J McCluskey
Nature Immunology | Published : 2010
DOI: 10.1038/ni0810-693
Abstract
Mucosal-associated invariant T cells are evolutionarily conserved T lymphocytes with undefined antigen specificity. These cells are now shown to have a unique role in host defense by targeting highly conserved microbial antigens.