ReviewJournal of innate immunity2014
Invariant natural killer T cells: boon or bane in immunity to intracellular bacterial infections?
Review in Journal of innate immunity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis: Interplay Between Host Antituberculosis Immunity and Immune Evasion Strategies ofMedComm · 2026Review
- Pathogenic NKT cells attenuate urogenital chlamydial clearance and enhance infertility.Scandinavian journal of immunology · 2023Article
- Early Activation of iNKT Cells Increased Survival Time of BALB/c Mice in a Murine Model of Melioidosis.Infection and immunity · 2022Article
- Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition).European journal of immunology · 2021Review
- Immune evasion of the CD1d/NKT cell axis.Current opinion in immunology · 2018Review
- Dynamics of NKT-Cell Responses to Chlamydial Infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2015Review
- Back to the Present.Journal of innate immunity · 2015Article
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Abstract
Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells represent a specialized subset of innate lymphocytes that recognize lipid and glycolipid antigens presented to them by nonclassical MHC-I CD1d molecules and are able to rapidly secrete copious amounts of a variety of cytokines. iNKT cells possess the ability to modulate innate as well as adaptive immune responses against various pathogens. Intracellular bacteria are one of the most clinically significant human pathogens that effectively evade the immune system and cause a myriad of diseases of public health concern globally. Emerging evidence suggests that iNKT cells can confer immunity to intracellular bacteria but also inflict pathology in certain cases. We summarize the current knowledge on the contribution of iNKT cells in the host defense against intracellular bacterial infections, with a focus on the underlying mechanisms by which these cells induce protective or pathogenic reactions including the pathways of direct action (acting on infected cells) and indirect action (modulating dendritic, NK and T cells). The rational exploitation of iNKT cells for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes awaits a profound understanding of their functional biology.
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