Opinion - NKT cells: what's in a name?

被引:966
作者
Godfrey, DI [1 ]
MacDonald, HR
Kronenberg, M
Smyth, MJ
Van Kaer, L
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia
[2] Ludwig Inst Canc Res, Lausanne Branch, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
[3] La Jolla Inst Allergy & Immunol, Div Dev Immunol, San Diego, CA 92121 USA
[4] Peter MacCallum Canc Ctr, Sir Donald & Lady Trescowthick Labs, Canc Immunol Program, Melbourne, Vic 8006, Australia
[5] Vanderbilt Univ, Sch Med, Med Ctr N, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Nashville, TN 37232 USA
基金
英国医学研究理事会; 美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1038/nri1309
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Recent years have seen so-called natural killer T (NKT) cells emerge as important regulators of the immune response. The existence of NKT-cell subsets, and other types of T cell that resemble NKT cells, is an ongoing source of confusion in the literature. This perspective article seeks to clarify which cells fall under the NKT-cell umbrella, and which might be best considered as separate.
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