Invariant natural killer T cells: front line fighters in the war against pathogenic microbes

The Role of CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells in the Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the Lung Is Dependent on the Host Genetic Background

(2015) Patrick Benoit et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A new mouse strain for the analysis of invariant NKT cell function

(2015) Shilpi Chandra et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Border Patrol Gone Awry: Lung NKT Cell Activation by Francisella tularensis Exacerbates Tularemia-Like Disease

(2015) Timothy M. Hill et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Dynamics of NKT-Cell Responses to Chlamydial Infection

(2015) Sudhanshu Shekhar et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Recognition of Microbial Glycolipids by Natural Killer T Cells

(2015) Dirk M. Zajonc et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The Response of CD1d-Restricted Invariant NKT Cells to Microbial Pathogens and Their Products

(2015) Luc Van Kaer et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Sphingolipids from a Symbiotic Microbe Regulate Homeostasis of Host Intestinal Natural Killer T Cells

(2014) Dingding An et al.   CELL

Innate immunity networks during infection withBorrelia burgdorferi

(2014) Marije Oosting et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Optimizing NKT cell ligands as vaccine adjuvants

(2014) Leandro J Carreño et al.   Immunotherapy

IL-10–producing NKT10 cells are a distinct regulatory invariant NKT cell subset

(2014) Duygu Sag et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Cutting Edge: The Mechanism of Invariant NKT Cell Responses to Viral Danger Signals

(2014) A. J. Tyznik et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Distinct Requirements for Activation of NKT and NK Cells during Viral Infection

(2014) A. J. Tyznik et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Antigen-Dependent versus -Independent Activation of Invariant NKT Cells during Infection

(2014) K. L. Holzapfel et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

iNKT Cell Production of GM-CSF Controls Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2014) Alissa C. Rothchild et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A Thr/Ser dual residue motif in the cytoplasmic tail of human CD1d is important for the down-regulation of antigen presentation following a herpes simplex virus 1 infection

(2013) Jianyun Liu et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

The role of invariant natural killer T cells in microbial immunity

(2013) Yuki Kinjo et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Helicobacter pylori Cholesteryl α-Glucosides Contribute to Its Pathogenicity and Immune Response by Natural Killer T Cells

(2013) Yuki Ito et al.   PLoS One

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

(2013) L. Bai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fatal varicella due to the vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus

(2013) Jessica Leung et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Production of α-Galactosylceramide by a Prominent Member of the Human Gut Microbiota

(2013) Laura C. Wieland Brown et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Human invariant natural killer T cells acquire transient innate responsiveness via histone H4 acetylation induced by weak TCR stimulation

(2012) Xiaohua Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Lower TCR repertoire diversity in Traj18-deficient mice

(2012) Romain Bedel et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Interruption of CXCL13-CXCR5 Axis Increases Upper Genital Tract Pathology and Activation of NKT Cells following Chlamydial Genital Infection

(2012) Janina Jiang et al.   PLoS One

Role of NKT cells in autoimmune liver disease

(2011) Tania Santodomingo-Garzon et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

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

(2011) Thierry Mallevaey et al.   IMMUNITY

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

Invariant natural killer T cells recognize lipid self antigen induced by microbial danger signals

(2011) Patrick J Brennan et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2011) Yuki Kinjo et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

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

(2011) Enrico Girardi et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Vα14 invariant natural killer T cell TCR forces microbial glycolipids and CD1d into a conserved binding mode

(2010) Yali Li et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Cutting Edge: Crucial Role of IL-1 and IL-23 in the Innate IL-17 Response of Peripheral Lymph Node NK1.1- Invariant NKT Cells to Bacteria

(2010) J.-M. Doisne et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The AIM2 inflammasome is critical for innate immunity to Francisella tularensis

(2010) Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells

(2010) Woo-Yong Lee et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Cell-Mediated Immune Responses in Tuberculosis

(2009) Andrea M. Cooper   Annual Review of Immunology

Natural Killer T Cells and Autoimmune Disease

(2009) Lan Wu et al.   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Inescapable Need for Neutrophils as Mediators of Cellular Innate Immunity to Acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia

(2009) A. Y. Koh et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Local Production of IFN-  by Invariant NKT Cells Modulates Acute Lyme Carditis

(2009) C. M. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Lipid binding orientation within CD1d affects recognition of Borrelia burgorferi antigens by NKT cells

(2009) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacillus anthracis Lethal Toxin Disrupts TCR Signaling in CD1d-Restricted NKT Cells Leading to Functional Anergy

(2009) Sunil K. Joshi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

NKT cells in HIV-1 infection

(2008) Demin Li et al.   CELL RESEARCH

NKT cells prevent chronic joint inflammation after infection with Borrelia burgdorferi

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

NK Cell–Like Behavior of Vα14i NK T Cells during MCMV Infection

(2008) Johnna D. Wesley et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Innate Invariant NKT Cells Recognize Mycobacterium tuberculosis–Infected Macrophages, Produce Interferon-γ, and Kill Intracellular Bacteria

(2008) Isabel Sada-Ovalle et al.   PLoS Pathogens