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Genetic control of NKT cell numbers maps to major diabetes and lupus loci.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Sept 2003
Esteban Luis M, Tsoutsman Tatiana, Jordan Margaret A, Roach Daniel, Poulton Lynn D, Brooks Andrew, Naidenko Olga V, Sidobre Stephane, Godfrey Dale I, Baxter Alan G
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Natural killer T cells are an immunoregulatory population of lymphocytes that plays a critical role in controlling the adaptive immune system and contributes to the regulation of autoimmune responses. We have previously reported deficiencies in the numbers and function of NKT cells in the nonobes...
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