Deficiency and altered phenotype of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in systemic sclerosis.
Manon Lesturgie-TalarekVirginie GonzalezLucie BeaudoinCamelia FrantzNoémie SénotZouriatou GoudaCamille RousseauJérôme AvouacAgnès LehuenYannick AllanorePublished in: Journal of scleroderma and related disorders (2023)
Circulating mucosal-associated invariant T cells were reduced and exhibited an activated phenotype in systemic sclerosis patients. This peripheral mucosal-associated invariant T cell deficiency may be related to enhanced apoptosis and/or homing in inflamed tissue, particularly in systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease patients.