The SARS-CoV-2 virus which emerged in late December 2019 had reached pandemic proportions by March 2020.1 Host defence mechanisms against this new member of the corona virus family will include innate immunity,humoral...The SARS-CoV-2 virus which emerged in late December 2019 had reached pandemic proportions by March 2020.1 Host defence mechanisms against this new member of the corona virus family will include innate immunity,humoral,and cellular immune responses,of yet unknown relative importance.Conventional CD8^(+) αβTCR cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells are mainly responsible for detection and elimination of virus infected cells,with a special role for the CD94/NK group 2 member A(NKG2A)receptor as reported by Zheng et al.in this journal.2,3 We want to report yet another brick in the wall against SARS-CoV-2 infection,made of a subset of γδTCR T cells.展开更多
文摘The SARS-CoV-2 virus which emerged in late December 2019 had reached pandemic proportions by March 2020.1 Host defence mechanisms against this new member of the corona virus family will include innate immunity,humoral,and cellular immune responses,of yet unknown relative importance.Conventional CD8^(+) αβTCR cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells are mainly responsible for detection and elimination of virus infected cells,with a special role for the CD94/NK group 2 member A(NKG2A)receptor as reported by Zheng et al.in this journal.2,3 We want to report yet another brick in the wall against SARS-CoV-2 infection,made of a subset of γδTCR T cells.
