In recent years, a population of unconventional T cells called 'mucosal-associated invariant
T cells'(MAIT cells) has captured the attention of immunologists and clinicians due to their …

T-cell exhaustion is a phenomenon of dysfunction or physical elimination of antigen-specific
T cells reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and …

Infectious diseases caused by pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
are ranked as the second leading cause of death worldwide by the World Health …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and
confers a poor prognosis. Beyond standard systemic therapy with multikinase inhibitors …

Programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) or programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) blocking
therapy has completely changed the treatment pattern of malignant tumors. It has been …

Purpose: Innate immunity is an indispensable arm of tumor immune surveillance, and the
liver is an organ with a predominance of innate immunity, where mucosal-associated …

“Functional cure” is being pursued as the ultimate endpoint of antiviral treatment in chronic
hepatitis B (CHB), which is characterized by loss of HBsAg whether or not anti-HBs …

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like lymphocytes that recognize
microbial vitamin B metabolites and have emerging roles in infectious disease …

Mucosal-associated invariant T cells or MAIT cells are an abundant cell type in humans and
especially so in the liver. MAIT cells are a subset of T lymphocytes that sit at a bridge …

MAIT cells are one representative of a group of related unconventional or pre-set T cells,
and are particularly abundant in humans. While these unconventional T cell types, which …