New Modified Ligand Helps Activate Invariant Natural Killer T Cells (IMAGE)

University of Connecticut

New Modified Ligand Helps Activate Invariant Natural Killer T Cells

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This is an illustration showing interactions between components of the AH10-7 compound (yellow), an immune system antigen-presenting cell (gray), and an invariant natural killer T cell (green and blue) that spark activation of iNKT cells in 'humanized' mice.

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Jose Gascon/UConn

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