T-cell immunity. How gamma delta T cells make a living.

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Curr Biol. 1994 Mar 1;4(3):246-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00055-5.

New evidence indicates that gamma delta T cells, like alpha beta T cells, provide immunity to infectious diseases; but the two cell types may differ in that MHC molecules may not play a critical role in antigen presentation to most gamma delta T cells.