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Nature Immunology 9, 1009 - 1011 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ni0908-1009

The making of NKT cells

Laurent Gapin1

  1. Laurent Gapin is in the Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Science Center and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA.
    e-mail: gapinl@njc.org


Natural killer T cells acquire their unique phenotype and characteristics during development in the thymus. Evidence suggests that the transcription factor PLZF has a unique function in the development of these cells and their acquisition of 'innate-like' characteristics.

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