Invariant NKT cells regulate the CD8 T cell response during Theiler's virus infection.

Invariant NKT cells are innate lymphocytes with a broad tissue distribution. Here we demonstrate that iNKT cells reside in the central nervous system (CNS) in the absence of inflammation. Their presence in the CNS dramatically augments following inoculation of C57Bl/6 mice with the neurotropic Theil...

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Main Authors: Lennart T Mars, Magali Mas, Lucie Beaudoin, Jan Bauer, Maria Leite-de-Moraes, Agnès Lehuen, Jean-Francois Bureau, Roland S Liblau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24498175/?tool=EBI