Exceptionally high conservation of the MHC class I-related gene, MR1, among mammals

Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor

(2012) Rangsima Reantragoon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells

(2012) Lars Kjer-Nielsen et al.   NATURE

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Human MAIT cells are xenobiotic-resistant, tissue-targeted, CD161hi IL-17-secreting T cells

(2010) M. Dusseaux et al.   BLOOD

Comparative genomic analysis of mammalian NKG2D ligand family genes provides insights into their origin and evolution

(2010) Mizuho Kondo et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Antimicrobial activity of mucosal-associated invariant T cells

(2010) Lionel Le Bourhis et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Conservation of mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and the MR1 restriction element in ruminants, and abundance of MAIT cells in spleen

(2010) Nick Goldfinch et al.   VETERINARY RESEARCH

Human Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells Detect Bacterially Infected Cells

(2010) Marielle C. Gold et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

MR1 antigen presentation to mucosal-associated invariant T cells was highly conserved in evolution

(2009) S. Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecules, morphology, and ecology indicate a recent, amphibious ancestry for echidnas

(2009) M. J. Phillips et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antigen recognition by CD1d-restricted NKT T cell receptors

(2009) Dale I. Godfrey et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Stepwise Development of MAIT Cells in Mouse and Human

(2009) Emmanuel Martin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY