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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Natasha Sahgal
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-33374 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Blood 20111115 2
Human mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) CD8(+) and Tc17 cells are important tissue-homing cell populations, characterized by high expression of CD161 ((++)) and type-17 differentiation, but their origins and relationships remain poorly defined. By transcriptional and functional analyses, we demonstrate that a pool of polyclonal, precommitted type-17 CD161(++)CD8αβ(+) T cells exist in cord blood, from which a prominent MAIT cell (TCR Vα7.2(+)) population emerges post-natally. During this expa ...[more]