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ReviewNature immunology2015

The burgeoning family of unconventional T cells.

Dale I Godfrey, Adam P Uldrich, James McCluskey, Jamie Rossjohn, D Branch Moody

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Review in Nature immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 474 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

474 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dale I GodfreyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Adam P UldrichDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
James McCluskeyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Jamie RossjohnInfection and Immunity Program and The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia.
D Branch MoodyDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

T cell response to CDI-restricted lipids in tuberculosisR01AI049313 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MOODY, DAVID BRANCH · 2001 to 2025
$10.6M
CD1 Presentation of Self Lipids to Human T CellsR01AR048632 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MOODY, DAVID BRANCH · 2002 to 2024
$9.4M
CD1 autoreactive T cells in human inflammatory skin diseaseR37AR048632 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DAVID Branch MOODY · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
NIAID NIH HHS AI049313NIAMS NIH HHS AR048632NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR048632PHS HHS U19111224
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While most studies of T lymphocytes have focused on T cells reactive to complexes of peptide and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins, many other types of T cells do not fit this paradigm. These include CD1-restricted T cells, MR1-restricted mucosal associated invariant T cells (MAIT cells), MHC class Ib-reactive T cells, and γδ T cells. Collectively, these T cells are considered 'unconventional', in part because they can recognize lipids, small-molecule metabolites and specially modified peptides. Unlike MHC-reactive T cells, these apparently disparate T cell types generally show simplified patterns of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) expression, rapid effector responses and 'public' antigen specificities. Here we review evidence showing that unconventional T cells are an abundant component of the human immune system and discuss the immunotherapeutic potential of these cells and their antigenic targets.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigens, CD1Histocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansMiceModels, ImmunologicalMolecular StructureNatural Killer T-CellsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAntigens, CD1Histocompatibility Antigens Class IReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID26482978

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