Mucosal associated invariant T cells and CD161 expressing natural killer cells

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a population of innate-like lymphocytes within the gut, liver and blood, expressing a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) and high levels of the C-type lectin-like receptor, CD161. These cells recognise a metabolite of the microbial riboflavin synthes...

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Main Author: Kurioka, Ayako
Other Authors: Klenerman, Paul
Published: University of Oxford 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730591