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Comment
. 2020 Nov;98(10):798-801.
doi: 10.1111/imcb.12402. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

When it's good to have MAITs

Michael Nt Souter  1 , James McCluskey  1 , Alexandra J Corbett  1
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When it's good to have MAITs

Michael Nt Souter et al. Immunol Cell Biol. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

This article discusses mucosal-associated invariant T-cell prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination schemes tested by Sakai et al. in mouse models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection together with the outcomes and observations.

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CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors have no competing financial interests in relation to the work described.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Summary of MAIT cell prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination schemes tested by Sakai et al. in mouse models of M. tb infection together with the outcomes and observations. 5-OP-RU; 5-(2-oxopropylideneamino)-6-D-ribitylaminouracil.
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