Activation and increased production of interleukin‐17 and tumour necrosis factor‐α of mucosal‐associated invariant T cells in patients with periodontitis

Abstract

This study demonstrates that circulating MAIT cells are numerically deficient with an activated profile toward the production of IL-17 and TNF-α in periodontitis patients. Furthermore, circulating MAIT cells have the potential to migrate to inflamed gingival tissues.