mucosal T cells and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) Archives

Abstract Number: 1746 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Involvement of IL-17-Producing MAIT Cells in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eri Hayashi¹, Asako Chiba², Mie Kitagaichi³, Kurisu Tada³, Ken Yamaji⁴, Naoto Tamura¹, Yoshinari Takasaki³ and Sachiko Miyake², ¹Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of innate-like lymphocytes which are restricted by the MHC-related molecule-1 (MR1) and express a semi-invariant TCRα…

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