Invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria.
Kinjo, Y., Illarionov, P., Vela, J.L., Pei, B., Girardi, E., Li, X., Li, Y., Imamura, M., Kaneko, Y., Okawara, A., Miyazaki, Y., Gomez-Velasco, A., Rogers, P., Dahesh, S., Uchiyama, S., Khurana, A., Kawahara, K., Yesilkaya, H., Andrew, P.W., Wong, C.H., Kawakami, K., Nizet, V., Besra, G.S., Tsuji, M., Zajonc, D.M., Kronenberg, M.(2011) Nat Immunol 12: 966-974
- PubMed: 21892173 
- DOI: 10.1038/ni.2096
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3T1F - PubMed Abstract: 
Natural killer T cells (NKT cells) recognize glycolipid antigens presented by CD1d. These cells express an evolutionarily conserved, invariant T cell antigen receptor (TCR), but the forces that drive TCR conservation have remained uncertain. Here we ...