Thymic development of unconventional T cells: how NKT cells, MAIT cells and γδ T cells emerge

DG Pellicci, HF Koay, SP Berzins - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
T cell lineages are defined by specialized functions and differential expression of surface
antigens, cytokines and transcription factors. Conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells are the …

γδ T cell update: adaptate orchestrators of immune surveillance

AC Hayday - The Journal of Immunology, 2019 - journals.aai.org
As interest in γδ T cells grows rapidly, what key points are emerging, and where is caution
warranted? γδ T cells fulfill critical functions, as reflected in associations with vaccine …

Distinct metabolic programs established in the thymus control effector functions of γδ T cell subsets in tumor microenvironments

N Lopes, C McIntyre, S Martin, M Raverdeau… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metabolic programming controls immune cell lineages and functions, but little is known
about γδ T cell metabolism. Here, we found that γδ T cell subsets making either interferon-γ …

Tumor hypoxia represses γδ T cell-mediated antitumor immunity against brain tumors

JH Park, HJ Kim, CW Kim, HC Kim, Y Jung, HS Lee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The anatomic location and immunologic characteristics of brain tumors result in strong
lymphocyte suppression. Consequently, conventional immunotherapies targeting CD8 T …

Identification of distinct functional thymic programming of fetal and pediatric human γδ thymocytes via single-cell analysis

G Sanchez Sanchez, M Papadopoulou, A Azouz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developmental thymic waves of innate-like and adaptive-like γδ T cells have been
described, but the current understanding of γδ T cell development is mainly limited to mouse …

The γδTCR combines innate immunity with adaptive immunity by utilizing spatially distinct regions for agonist selection and antigen responsiveness

D Melandri, I Zlatareva, RAG Chaleil, RJ Dart… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
T lymphocytes expressing γδ T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) comprise evolutionarily
conserved cells with paradoxical features. On the one hand, clonally expanded γδ T cells …

RNA m6A demethylase ALKBH5 regulates the development of γδ T cells

C Ding, H Xu, Z Yu, M Roulis, R Qu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
γδ T cells are an abundant T cell population at the mucosa and are important in providing
immune surveillance as well as maintaining tissue homeostasis. However, despite γδ T …

Tissue adaptations of memory and tissue-resident gamma delta T cells

C Khairallah, TH Chu, BS Sheridan - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial and mucosal barriers are critical interfaces physically separating the body from the
outside environment and are the tissues most exposed to microorganisms and potential …

Regulation of γδ T cell effector diversification in the thymus

ME Parker, M Ciofani - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
γδ T cells are the first T cell lineage to develop in the thymus and take up residence in a
wide variety of tissues where they can provide fast, innate-like sources of effector cytokines …

[HTML][HTML] Aging unconventionally: γδ T cells, iNKT cells, and MAIT cells in aging

A Kurioka, P Klenerman - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Unconventional T cells include γδ T cells, invariant Natural Killer T cells (iNKT) cells and
Mucosal Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells, which are distinguished from conventional T …