Cutting edge: nonglycosidic CD1d lipid ligands activate human and murine invariant NKT cells.

Invariant NKT cells (iNKT cells) recognize CD1d/glycolipid complexes. We demonstrate that the nonglycosidic compound threitolceramide efficiently activates iNKT cells, resulting in dendritic cell (DC) maturation and the priming of Ag-specific T and B cells. Threitolceramide-pulsed DCs are more resis...

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Автори: Silk, J, Salio, M, Reddy, BG, Shepherd, D, Gileadi, U, Brown, J, Masri, S, Polzella, P, Ritter, G, Besra, G, Jones, E, Schmidt, R, Cerundolo, V
Формат: Journal article
Мова:English
Опубліковано: 2008