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Phenotype and function of MAIT cells in patients with alveolar echinococcosis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2024
Li Jintian, Zhao Hanyue, Lv Guodong, Aimulajiang Kalibixiati, Li Liang, Lin Renyong, Aji Tuerganaili
Abstract excerpt
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subpopulation of unconventional T cells widely involved in chronic liver diseases. However, the potential role and regulating factors of MAIT cells in alveolar echinococcosis (AE), a zoonotic parasitic disease by Echinococcus multilocularis (E. multilocularis) larvae chronically parasitizing liver organs, has not yet been studied. Blood samples (n=29) and liver...
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