New ways to turn on NKT cells: Figure 1.

Airway House Dust Extract Exposures Modify Allergen-Induced Airway Hypersensitivity Responses by TLR4-Dependent and Independent Pathways

(2014) D. Lam et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Molecular Basis for NKT Cell Recognition of CD1d-Self-Antigen

(2011) Thierry Mallevaey et al.   IMMUNITY

A Molecular Basis for the Exquisite CD1d-Restricted Antigen Specificity and Functional Responses of Natural Killer T Cells

(2011) Kwok S. Wun et al.   IMMUNITY

Invariant NKT cells are required for airway inflammation induced by environmental antigens

(2011) Gerhard Wingender et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Innate and cytokine-driven signals, rather than microbial antigens, dominate in natural killer T cell activation during microbial infection

(2011) Manfred Brigl et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Lysosomal α-Galactosidase Controls the Generation of Self Lipid Antigens for Natural Killer T Cells

(2010) Alexandre Darmoise et al.   IMMUNITY

Natural killer T cells are important in the pathogenesis of asthma: The many pathways to asthma

(2010) Dale T. Umetsu et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Natural killer T cells are not the predominant T cell in asthma and likely modulate, not cause, asthma

(2010) Seddon Y. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Influenza infection in suckling mice expands an NKT cell subset that protects against airway hyperreactivity

(2010) Ya-Jen Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Raising the NKT cell family

(2010) Dale I Godfrey et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate-Like Control of Human iNKT Cell Autoreactivity via the Hypervariable CDR3β Loop

(2010) Gediminas Matulis et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

T Cell Receptor CDR2β and CDR3β Loops Collaborate Functionally to Shape the iNKT Cell Repertoire

(2009) Thierry Mallevaey et al.   IMMUNITY

Differential Recognition of CD1d-α-Galactosyl Ceramide by the Vβ8.2 and Vβ7 Semi-invariant NKT T Cell Receptors

(2009) Daniel G. Pellicci et al.   IMMUNITY

Combined NKT cell activation and influenza virus vaccination boosts memory CTL generation and protective immunity

(2009) C. Guillonneau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Antigen recognition by CD1d-restricted NKT T cell receptors

(2009) Dale I. Godfrey et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Lipid and glycolipid antigens of CD1d-restricted natural killer T cells

(2009) Manjunatha M. Venkataswamy et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

How invariant natural killer T cells respond to infection by recognizing microbial or endogenous lipid antigens

(2009) Manfred Brigl et al.   SEMINARS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Ozone exposure in a mouse model induces airway hyperreactivity that requires the presence of natural killer T cells and IL-17

(2008) Muriel Pichavant et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE