| Literature DB >> 12757612 |
Aleksandar K Stanic1, Jang-June Park, Sebastian Joyce.
Abstract
This review attempts to illuminate the glycolipid antigen presentation properties of CD1d, how CD1d controls the function of natural T (iNKT) cells and how CD1d and iNKT cells interact to jump-start the immune system. It is postulated that the CD1d-iNKT cell system functions as a sensor, sensing alterations in cellular lipid content by virtue of its affinity for such ligands. The presentation of a neo-self glycolipid, presumably by infectious assault of antigen-presenting cells, activates iNKT cells, which promptly release pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and jump-start the immune system.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12757612 PMCID: PMC1782955 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01657.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunology ISSN: 0019-2805 Impact factor: 7.397