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New ways to turn on NKT cells

Natural killer T (NKT) cells are CD1d-restricted, lipid antigen–reactive T cells with powerful immunoregulatory potential. The prototypic antigen for NKT cells is a marine sponge–derived glycolipid, α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), but this is not normally encountered in the mammalian environment. T...

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Autores principales: Godfrey, Dale Ian, Rossjohn, Jamie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21646400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20110983