MAIT cells: a novel therapeutic target for alcoholic liver disease?

Gut. 2018 May;67(5):784-786. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315284. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

Authors

Bin Gao¹, Jing Ma¹, Xiaogang Xiang¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 29167178
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-315284

No abstract available

Keywords: alcoholic liver disease; bacterial infection; ethanol; immunology.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Infections / etiology
Bacterial Infections / immunology*
Humans
Liver / immunology*
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / complications
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / immunology*
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells / immunology*