Harnessing the power of invariant natural killer T cells in cancer immunotherapy
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a distinct subset of innate-like lymphocytes bearing an invariant T-cell receptor, through which they recognize lipid antigens presented by monomorphic CD1d molecules. Upon activation, iNKT cells are capable of not only having a direct effector function bu...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media
2017
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