Dale I. Godfrey and Stuart P. Berzins are in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. godfrey@unimelb.edu.au or berzins@unimelb.edu.au
Whether natural killer T cells recognize antigens derived from dangerous pathogens remains unclear. New data demonstrate that a glycolipid from Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, directly stimulates mouse and human natural killer T cells.
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