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ReviewInnate immunity2018

Contribution of APCs to mucosal-associated invariant T cell activation in infectious disease and cancer.

Muki Shehu Shey, Avuyonke Balfour, Katalin Andrea Wilkinson, Graeme Meintjes

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Review in Innate immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. MAIT cells modulating the oral lichen planus immune microenvironment: a cellular crosstalk perspective.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  5. CD4Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Muki Shehu Shey1 Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8776-4737
Avuyonke Balfour1 Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
Katalin Andrea Wilkinson1 Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
Graeme Meintjes1 Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa.
University of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 098316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

APCs such as monocytes and dendritic cells are among the first cells to recognize invading pathogens and initiate an immune response. The innate response can either eliminate the pathogen directly, or through presentation of Ags to T cells, which can help to clear the infection. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are among the unconventional T cells whose activation does not involve the classical co-stimulation during Ag presentation. MAIT cells can be activated either via presentation of unconventional Ags (such as riboflavin metabolites) through the evolutionarily conserved major histocompatibility class I-like molecule, MR1, or directly by cytokines such as IL-12 and IL-18. Given that APCs produce cytokines and can express MR1, these cells can play an important role in both pathways of MAIT cell activation. In this review, we summarize evidence on the role of APCs in MAIT cell activation in infectious disease and cancer. A better understanding of the interactions between APCs and MAIT cells is important in further elucidating the role of MAIT cells in infectious diseases, which may facilitate the design of novel interventions such as vaccines.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsCommunicable DiseasesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansInterleukin-12Interleukin-18Mucosal-Associated Invariant T CellsNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaHistocompatibility Antigens Class IInterleukin-12Interleukin-18Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaAntigen presenting cellscancerIL-12IL-18infectious diseaseMAIT cell activationMR1

Identifiers

PMID29631470
PMCPMC6139754
OpenAlexW2796986554

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