Chewing the fat on natural killer T cell development
Authors:
- Dale I. GodfreyDGDale I. Godfrey
- Malcolm J. McConvilleMMMalcolm J. McConville
- Daniel G. PellicciDPDaniel G. Pellicci
Open Access
- 25 September 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 203 (10) , 2229-2232
Abstract
Natural killer T cells (NKT cells) are selected in the thymus by self-glycolipid antigens presented by CD1d molecules. It is currently thought that one specific component of the lysosomal processing pathway, which leads to the production of isoglobotrihexosylceramide (iGb3), is essential for normal NKT cell development. New evidence now shows that NKT cell development can be disrupted by a diverse range of mutations that interfere with different elements of the lysosomal processing and degradation of glycolipids. This suggests that lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) in general, rather than one specific defect, can disrupt CD1d antigen presentation, leading to impaired development of NKT cells.Keywords
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