Development and Function of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Producing TH2- and TH17-Cytokines

Hiroshi Watarai; Etsuko Sekine-Kondo; Tomokuni Shigeura; Yasutaka Motomura; Takuwa Yasuda; Rumi Satoh; Hisahiro Yoshida; Masato Kubo; Hiroshi Kawamoto; Haruhiko Koseki; Masaru Taniguchi

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001255

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Development and Function of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Producing T_H2- and T_H17-Cytokines

Hiroshi Watarai ,

* E-mail: hwatarai@rcai.riken.jp

Affiliations Laboratory for Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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Etsuko Sekine-Kondo,

Affiliation Laboratory for Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Tomokuni Shigeura,

Affiliation Laboratory for Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yasutaka Motomura,

Affiliation Division of Biotechnology, Research Institute for Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan
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Takuwa Yasuda,

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunogenetics, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Rumi Satoh,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Hisahiro Yoshida,

Affiliation Laboratory for Immunogenetics, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Masato Kubo,

Affiliation Division of Biotechnology, Research Institute for Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan
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Hiroshi Kawamoto,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lymphocyte Development, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Haruhiko Koseki,

Affiliation Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Masaru Taniguchi

Affiliation Laboratory for Immune Regulation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa, Japan
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Development and Function of Invariant Natural Killer T Cells Producing T_H2- and T_H17-Cytokines

Hiroshi Watarai,
Etsuko Sekine-Kondo,
Tomokuni Shigeura,
Yasutaka Motomura,
Takuwa Yasuda,
Rumi Satoh,
Hisahiro Yoshida,
Masato Kubo,
Hiroshi Kawamoto,
Haruhiko Koseki

Published: February 7, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001255

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