A TCR-Dependent Tissue Repair Potential of MAIT Cells

Three studies published in Cell Reports (Hinks et al., Lamichhane et al., and Leng et al.) describe the transcriptome of human and mouse mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells after cognate and noncognate stimulation. The results confirm the variability of MAIT cell effector functions and provide evidence of a new tissue-repair gene signature expressed upon T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation.