Direct identification of rat iNKT cells reveals remarkable similarities to human iNKT cells and a profound deficiency in LEW rats

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 404-415

  Monzon Casanova, Elisa ^a,d   Paletta, Daniel ^a   Starick, Lisa ^a   Müller, Ingrid ^a   Sant'Angelo, Derek B ^b,c   Pyz, Elwira ^a,e   Herrmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Cell Biology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; CD1 molecules; Cellular immunology; NKT cells; TCR

Indexed keywords

CD1D ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD1D; CYTOKINES; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 84873747589     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242565     Document Type: Article

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