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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2015

The Extended Family of CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells: Sifting through a Mixed Bag of TCRs, Antigens, and Functions.

Elodie Macho-Fernandez, Manfred Brigl

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Detergents alter the stability and lipid binding properties of the CD1d immunoreceptor.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  9. The role of natural killer T cells in liver transplantation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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  11. Epigenetic control ofFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elodie Macho-FernandezDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Manfred BriglDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

CD1d-restricted NKT cells in microbial infectionK08AI077795 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BRIGL, MANFRED · 2008 to 2012
$782k
Role of type II NKT cells during M. tuberculosis infectionR21AI103616 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BRIGL, MANFRED · 2013 to 2014
$461k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI077795NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI103616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer T (NKT) cells comprise a family of specialized T cells that recognize lipid antigens presented by CD1d. Based on their T cell receptor (TCR) usage and antigen specificities, CD1d-restricted NKT cells have been divided into two main subsets: type I NKT cells that use a canonical invariant TCR α-chain and recognize α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer), and type II NKT cells that use a more diverse αβ TCR repertoire and do not recognize α-GalCer. In addition, α-GalCer-reactive NKT cells that use non-canonical αβ TCRs and CD1d-restricted T cells that use γδ or δ/αβ TCRs have recently been identified, revealing further diversity among CD1d-restricted T cells. Importantly, in addition to their distinct antigen specificities, functional differences are beginning to emerge between the different members of the CD1d-restricted T cell family. In this review, while using type I NKT cells as comparison, we will focus on type II NKT cells and the other non-invariant CD1d-restricted T cell subsets, and discuss our current understanding of the antigens they recognize, the formation of stimulatory CD1d/antigen complexes, the modes of TCR-mediated antigen recognition, and the mechanisms and consequences of their activation that underlie their function in antimicrobial responses, anti-tumor immunity, and autoimmunity.

Indexed as

antigen presentationcancerCD1dglycosphingolipidsinfectioninflammationlipid antigensphospholipids

Identifiers

PMID26284062
PMCPMC4517383
OpenAlexW1487732284

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