Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
Curr Opin Immunol. 2011 Feb;23(1):104-10. doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.09.009. Epub 2010 Oct 21.
While the prime function of classical MHC class I molecules (MHC-I) is to present peptide antigens to pathogen-specific cytotoxic T cells, non-classical MHC-I antigens perform a diverse array of functions in both innate and adaptive immunity. In this review we summarize recent evidence that non classical MHC-I molecules are not only recognized by pathogen-specific T cells but that they also serve as immunoregulatory molecules by stimulating a number of distinct non-conventional T cell subsets.
虽然经典 MHC I 类分子(MHC-I)的主要功能是将肽抗原呈递给病原体特异性细胞毒性 T 细胞,但非经典 MHC-I 抗原在先天和适应性免疫中发挥着多种多样的功能。在这篇综述中,我们总结了最近的证据,表明非经典 MHC-I 分子不仅被病原体特异性 T 细胞识别,而且还通过刺激许多不同的非常规 T 细胞亚群作为免疫调节分子发挥作用。