ERC Advanced Grant · 2019
Tissue repair functions of MAIT cells: integrating thymic pre-commitment and peripheral signals
Mucosal associated invariant T cells (MAITs) represent an abundant subset in humans with unique specificity for microbial metabolites. MAIT conservation along evolution indicates important, non-redundant functions. Despite changes in MAIT frequency and phenotype in several infectious and non-infectious diseases, their functions are still unclear. By contrast with mainstream CD4+ or CD8+ T cells, MAITs differentiate into effector cells during thymic development. How the differentiation program imparted in the thymus is modified by tissue and environmental cues to determine MAIT functions in tissues is not known. Our preliminary data support a new function for MAITs in boosting tissue repair…
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