Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria

Nature Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 978-986

  Kinjo, Yuki ^a   Tupin, Emmanuel ^a   Wu, Douglass ^b   Fujio, Masakazu ^b   Garcia Navarro, Raquel ^c   Benhnia, Mohammed Rafii El Idrissi ^a,d   Zajonc, Dirk M ^a,b   Ben Menachem, Gil ^e,h   Ainge, Gary D ^f   Painter, Gavin F ^f   Khurana, Archana ^a   Hoebe, Kasper ^b   Behar, Samuel M ^g   Beutler, Bruce ^b   Wilson, Ian A ^b   Tsuji, Moriya ^c   Sellati, Timothy J ^d   Wong, Chi Huey ^b   Kronenberg, Mitchell ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Paramount Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1D ANTIGEN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SPHINGOMONAS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD1D; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELLS, CULTURED; DIGLYCERIDES; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SAPONINS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 33747607029     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1380     Document Type: Article

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