Airborne lipid antigens mobilize resident intravascular NKT cells to induce allergic airway inflammation

Posted: 30th July 2013 | Posted by AdminMR

1. Seth T. Scanlon1,2,3,
2. Seddon Y. Thomas1,2,3,
3. Caroline M. Ferreira4,
4. Li Bai1,2,3,
5. Thomas Krausz2,
6. Paul B. Savage5, and
7. Albert Bendelac1,2,3

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Airborne exposure to microbial cell wall lipids such as lipopolysaccharide triggers innate immune responses that regulate susceptibility to allergic airway inflammation.