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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Donor Unrestricted T Cells: A Shared Human T Cell Response
Contributor:
Van Rhijn, Ildiko;
Moody, D. Branch
imprint:
The American Association of Immunologists, 2015
Published in:The Journal of Immunology
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.1500943
ISSN:
0022-1767;
1550-6606
Origination:
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Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>The now-famous term “restriction” derived from experiments in which T cells from Donor A failed to recognize Ags presented by cells from Donor B. Restriction results from interdonor variation in MHC genes. Donor restriction dominates immunologists’ thinking about the T cell response because it governs organ transplantation and hinders the discovery of disease-associated Ags. However, other T cells can be considered “donor unrestricted” because their targets, CD1a, CD1b, CD1c, CD1d, or MR1, are expressed in a similar form among all humans. A striking feature of donor unrestricted T cells is the expression of invariant TCRs with nearly species-wide distribution. In this article, we review new evidence that donor unrestricted T cells are common in humans. NKT cells, mucosa-associated invariant T cells, and germline-encoded mycolyl-reactive T cells operate outside of the familiar principles of the MHC system, providing a broader picture of T cell function and new opportunities for therapy.</jats:p>