期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 21, 期 17, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21176144
关键词
T cell immunity; major histocompatibility complex-restricted T cells; alpha beta T cells; gamma delta T cells; MAIT cells; Human Leukocyte Antigen alleles; bacterial infection; immune evasion; virulence; superantigens
资金
- Welsh Government (Ser Cymru)
- Wellcome Trust [217096/Z/19/Z]
The human body frequently encounters harmful bacterial pathogens and employs immune defense mechanisms designed to counteract such pathogenic assault. In the adaptive immune system, major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted alpha beta T cells, along with unconventional alpha beta or gamma delta T cells, respond to bacterial antigens to orchestrate persisting protective immune responses and generate immunological memory. Research in the past ten years accelerated our knowledge of how T cells recognize bacterial antigens and how many bacterial species have evolved mechanisms to evade host antimicrobial immune responses. Such escape mechanisms act to corrupt the crosstalk between innate and adaptive immunity, potentially tipping the balance of host immune responses toward pathological rather than protective. This review examines the latest developments in our knowledge of how T cell immunity responds to bacterial pathogens and evaluates some of the mechanisms that pathogenic bacteria use to evade such T cell immunosurveillance, to promote virulence and survival in the host.
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