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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bedard, M, Salio, M, Cerundolo, V
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media 2017