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The making of NKT cells

Nature Immunology volume 9, pages 1009–1011 (2008)Cite this article

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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Figure 1: Model of iNKT cell development.

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

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