Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the artery wall. Atherosclerotic lesions
contain monocytes, macrophages, smooth muscle cells and T lymphocytes. Here, we review …

Natural killer T (NKT) cells are a subset of T cells that share properties of natural killer cells
and conventional T cells. They are involved in immediate immune responses, tumor …

We investigated the role of NKT cells in immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chlamydia
muridarum infections using a combination of knockout mice and specific cellular activation …

Invariant human natural killer T cells (NKT) express a restricted T‐cell receptor (TCR)
Vα24Vβ11 repertoire. These cells share both phenotypic and functional similarities between …

We used two approaches to examine the role of NK T cells (NKT) in an intracellular bacterial
(Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis (C. muridarum)) infection. One is to use CD1 …

Although NKT cells have been found to be capable of modulating immune responses in
several model systems, the role of NKT cells in allergy remains unclear. Using CD1 gene …

CD1d-restricted NKT cells expressing invariant TCR α-chain rearrangements (iNKT cells)
have been reported to be deficient in humans with a variety of autoimmune syndromes and …

In humans, spontaneous autoimmune attack against cardiomyocytes often leads to
idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM) and life-threatening heart failure. HLA-DQ8 …

Rationale: We previously showed an important role of natural killer T cells (NKT) in skewing
the adaptive T cell immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn), an intracellular bacterial lung …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by dyslipidemia and
accumulation of lipids in the arterial intima, with activation of both innate and adaptive …