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Xi Yang1.
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a newly identified unique subset of cells that express both alphabeta T cell receptor and NK cell markers. We investigated the role of NKT cells in modulating adaptive T cell responses in chlamydial infections using human-disease-related chlamydial species. Our study provides in vivo evidence that even closely related pathogens may activate different functional NKT subsets, which can further polarize CD4+ and CD8+ cells in adaptive immune responses.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17713011 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72005-0_25
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol ISSN: 0065-2598 Impact factor: 2.622