CD1b-specific T cells are transcriptionally closer to conventional CD4 T cells than to innate-like NKT and MAIT cells
Unconventional T cells recognize non-peptide antigens presented by molecules other than the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins. Among unconventional T cells, natural killer T (NKT) cells, which recognize CD1d-lipid complexes, mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, which recognize MR1-metabolite compl...