Natural killer T (NKT)-B-cell interactions promote prolonged antibody responses and long-term memory to pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides

Mechanisms underlying in vivo polysaccharide-specific immunoglobulin responses to intact extracellular bacteria

(2012) Clifford M. Snapper   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The location of splenic NKT cells favours their rapid activation by blood-borne antigen

(2012) Patricia Barral et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Follicular Helper NKT Cells Induce Limited B Cell Responses and Germinal Center Formation in the Absence of CD4+ T Cell Help

(2012) E. Tonti et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Distinct APCs Explain the Cytokine Bias of  -Galactosylceramide Variants In Vivo

(2012) L. Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

How T Cells Earn the Follicular Rite of Passage

(2011) Carola G. Vinuesa et al.   IMMUNITY

Cannabinoid receptor 2 positions and retains marginal zone B cells within the splenic marginal zone

(2011) Jagan R. Muppidi 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

PLZF induces an intravascular surveillance program mediated by long-lived LFA-1–ICAM-1 interactions

(2011) Seddon Y. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) Yuki Kinjo et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Identification of Bcl-6-dependent follicular helper NKT cells that provide cognate help for B cell responses

(2011) Pheh-Ping Chang et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Invariant natural killer T cells direct B cell responses to cognate lipid antigen in an IL-21-dependent manner

(2011) Irah L King et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Innate iNKT cell help to B cells: fast but does not last

(2011) Agnès Lehuen et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Interbilayer-crosslinked multilamellar vesicles as synthetic vaccines for potent humoral and cellular immune responses

(2011) James J. Moon et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Unique Interplay between Sugar and Lipid in Determining the Antigenic Potency of Bacterial Antigens for NKT Cells

(2011) Enrico Girardi et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates

(2009) Katherine L O'Brien et al.   LANCET

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

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

NKT-cell help to B lymphocytes can occur independently of cognate interaction

(2008) E. Tonti et al.   BLOOD

Liver Autoimmunity Triggered by Microbial Activation of Natural Killer T Cells

(2008) Jochen Mattner et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Natural Sphingomonas Glycolipids Vary Greatly in Their Ability to Activate Natural Killer T Cells

(2008) Yuki Kinjo et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Glycolipid-activated NKT cells support the induction of persistent plasma cell responses and antibody titers

(2008) T. Scott Devera et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Identification of the Smallest Structure Capable of Evoking Opsonophagocytic Antibodies against Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 14

(2008) D. Safari et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Epidemiologic Evidence for Serotype‐Specific Acquired Immunity to Pneumococcal Carriage

(2008) Daniel M. Weinberger et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

NK T cells provide lipid antigen-specific cognate help for B cells

(2008) E. A. Leadbetter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

B cell receptor-mediated uptake of CD1d-restricted antigen augments antibody responses by recruiting invariant NKT cell help in vivo

(2008) P. Barral et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA