Liver transplant-facilitated CD161+Vα7.2+ MAIT cell recovery demonstrates clinical benefits in hepatic failure patients

Liver transplant-facilitated CD161⁺Vα7.2⁺ MAIT cell recovery demonstrates clinical benefits in hepatic failure patients

Consider to be published in nature communications, 2025 

Wei Wang^1#, Chen Dai^2#, Peng Zhu³, Mi Wu¹, Haoquan Zhang³, Qing Wei⁴, Ting Zhou¹, Xiaosheng Tan², Ying Jiang¹, Xue Cheng¹, Zhihui Liang¹, Xiongwen Wu¹, Zhishui Chen^2*, Xiufang Weng^1,2,4*

¹ Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College and State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan China, 430030

² Institute of Organ Transplantation, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Education; NHC Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation; Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Wuhan China, 430030

³ Department of Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 430030

⁴ Department of Transfusion, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and technology, Wuhan, China, 430030

^# These authors contributed equally to this manuscript.

^* Corresponding authors. E-mail: wengxiufang@hust.edu.cn (Xiufang Weng);

zschen@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn (Zhishui Chen)

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