Article ; Online: From the Deep Sea to Everywhere: Environmental Antigens for iNKT Cells.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis
2016 Volume 64, Issue 4, Page(s) 291–298
Abstract: Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a unique subset of innate T cells that share features with innate NK cells and adaptive memory T cells. The first iNKT cell antigen described was found 1993 in a marine sponge and it took over 10 years for ... ...
Abstract | Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a unique subset of innate T cells that share features with innate NK cells and adaptive memory T cells. The first iNKT cell antigen described was found 1993 in a marine sponge and it took over 10 years for other, bacterial antigens to be described. Given the paucity of known bacterial iNKT cell antigens, it appeared as if iNKT cells play a very specialist role in the protection against few, rare and unusual pathogenic bacteria. However, in the last few years several publications painted a very different picture, suggesting that antigens for iNKT cells are found almost ubiquitous in the environment. These environmental iNKT cell antigens can shape the distribution, phenotype and function of iNKT cells. Here, these recent findings will be reviewed and their implications for the field will be outlined. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Antigens/chemistry ; Cytokines/immunology ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Environment ; Homeostasis ; Humans ; Immunity, Innate ; Intestines/immunology ; Lymphocyte Activation/immunology ; Mucous Membrane/immunology ; Mucous Membrane/microbiology ; Natural Killer T-Cells/immunology ; Phenotype ; Porifera ; Signal Transduction/immunology ; Symbiosis ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology |
Chemical Substances | Antigens ; Cytokines |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2016-08 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 282209-x |
ISSN | 1661-4917 ; 0004-069X |
ISSN (online) | 1661-4917 |
ISSN | 0004-069X |
DOI | 10.1007/s00005-015-0381-7 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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