Linking inflammation to natural killer T cell activation.

Immune activation is often associated with inflammation, but inflammation's role in the expansion of antigen-specific immune responses remains unclear. This primer focuses on recent findings that show how specific natural killer T cells are activated by inflammatory messengers, thus illuminatin...

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Main Authors: Mariolina Salio, Vincenzo Cerundolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2760749?pdf=render