Generation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mice by reprogramming of a mature NKT cell

Development and Function of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Producing TH2- and TH17-Cytokines

(2012) Hiroshi Watarai et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Murine induced pluripotent stem cells can be derived from and differentiate into natural killer T cells

(2010) Hiroshi Watarai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The transcription factor c-Myb primes CD4+CD8+ immature thymocytes for selection into the iNKT lineage

(2010) Taishan Hu et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

An essential role for the transcription factor HEB in thymocyte survival, Tcra rearrangement and the development of natural killer T cells

(2010) Louise M D'Cruz et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Signaling by intrathymic cytokines, not T cell antigen receptors, specifies CD8 lineage choice and promotes the differentiation of cytotoxic-lineage T cells

(2010) Jung-Hyun Park et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Generation of functional NKT cells in vitro from embryonic stem cells bearing rearranged invariant V 14-J 18 TCR  gene

(2009) H. Watarai et al.   BLOOD

Selective Requirement for c-Myc at an Early Stage of V 14i NKT Cell Development

(2009) M. P. Mycko et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The gene encoding early growth response 2, a target of the transcription factor NFAT, is required for the development and maturation of natural killer T cells

(2009) Vanja Lazarevic et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Intrathymic proliferation wave essential for V 14+ natural killer T cell development depends on c-Myc

(2009) M. Dose et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel subset of mouse NKT cells bearing the IL-17 receptor B responds to IL-25 and contributes to airway hyperreactivity

(2008) Asuka Terashima et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

The BTB–zinc finger transcriptional regulator PLZF controls the development of invariant natural killer T cell effector functions

(2008) Damian Kovalovsky et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Methods for detection, isolation and culture of mouse and human invariant NKT cells

(2007) Hiroshi Watarai et al.   Nature Protocols