1. MAIT Cells in Health and Disease Isabelle Magalhaes, Martin Solders, and Helen Kaipe
2. Isolation and Characterization of MAIT Cells from Human Tissue Biopsies Daniela Di Blasi, Alessandro Vacchini, Gennaro De Libero, and Lucia Mori
3. Isolation and Characterization of MAIT Cells from Tumor Tissues William Rodin, Patrik Sundström, and Marianne Quiding Järbrink
4. Isolation of Immune Cells from Placental Tissues and Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of MAIT Cells Martin Solders, Laia Gorchs, and Helen Kaipe
5. Methods for High-Dimensional Flow Cytometry Analysis of Human MAIT Cells in Tissues and Peripheral Blood Benedikt Strunz, Christine L. Zimmer, Jonna Bister, Martin A. Ivarsson, and Niklas K. Björkström
6. In Situ Detection of MAIT Cells and MR1 Expressing Cells in Tissue Biopsies Utilizing Immunohistochemistry Anna Gibbs, Michal J. Sobkowiak, Johan K. Sandberg, and Annelie Tjernlund
Part II Functional Analysis of MAIT Cells
7. Human MAIT Cell Activation In Vitro Joachim P. Hagel, Lucy C. Garner, Matthew Bilton, Hema Mehta, Tianqi Leng, Carl-Philipp Hackstein, Prabhjeet Phalora, Ali Amini, Hossain D. Akther, Nicholas M Provine, Matthew Edmans, Christian B. Willberg, and Paul Klenerman
8. Interactions between MAIT Cells and Dendritic Cells Mariolina Salio and Vincenzo Cerundolo
9. Influenza A Virus-Infected Lung Epithelial Cell Co-Culture with Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Liyen Loh, Marios Koutsakos, Katherine Kedzierska, and Timothy S.C. Hinks
10. Quantification of Human MAIT Cell-Mediated Cellular Cytotoxicity and Antimicrobial Activity Wan Rong Sia, Caroline Boulouis, Muhammad Yaaseen Gulam, Andrea Lay Hoon Kwa, Johan K. Sandberg, and Edwin Leeansyah
11. MAIT Cell Activation by Fungal Pathogens Susanne Jahreis, Sarah Boettcher, and Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal
12. A Flow Chamber Assay for Studying MAIT Cell Trafficking Farhat Parween, Hongwei H. Zhang, and Joshua M. Farber
Part III Monitoring and In Vitro Amplification of MAIT Cells
13. Production of MR1 Tetramers Loaded with Microbial Ligands Nicole A. Ladd, Cara A. Froyd, and Erin J. Adams
14. Immune Monitoring of Human Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells by Quantitative Proteomics Isabel Bernal, Marco van Ham, and Lothar Jänsch
15. Generation of MR1-Restricted T Cell Clones by Limiting Dilution Cloning of MR1 Tetramer+ Cells Meghan Cansler, Megan Null, Erin Meermeier, Gwendolyn Swarbrick, David Lewinsohn, and Melanie Harriff
16. Reprogramming of MAIT Cells to Pluripotency and Redifferentiation Hiroshi Wakao
Part IV MAIT Cells in Murine Models
17. Study of MAIT Cell Activation in Viral Infections In Vivo Timothy S.C. Hinks, Bonnie van Wilgenburg, Huimeng Wang, Liyen Loh, Marios Koutsakos, Katherine Kedzierska, Alexandra J. Corbett, and Zhenjun Chen
18. MAIT Cells in Type 1 Diabetes Mouse Models Isabelle Nel, Lucie Beaudoin, and Agnès Lehuen
19. Magnetic-Bead Based Enrichment of Murine MAIT Cells Samantha J. Winter and Andreas Krueger
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This volume focuses on various methods used by researchers to study mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells in the aspects described below. The chapters are organized into Four Parts: part One looks at the function and importance of MAIT cells in health and disease. It covers methods to isolate and characterize MAIT cells from human tissues including liver, colon tumors, placenta and decidua, and endometrium. Part Two discusses MR1 independent stimulation, and looks at the activation of MAIT cells by different stimulatory agents. Part Three describes various methods to develop tools to analyze, monitor, and generate MAIT cells in vitro, including the production of MR1-tetramers and how they can be loaded with bacterial antigens and used for the detection of MAIT cells. The last part covers the use of murine models to study MAIT cells. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and comprehensive, MAIT Cells: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about this developing field.
Chapters 9 and 17 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com