NKT cells: what's in a name?
DI Godfrey, HR MacDonald, M Kronenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2004 - nature.com
Nature Reviews Immunology, 2004•nature.com
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.
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.
Abstract
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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