Sulfatide Attenuates Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis through a CD1d-Dependent Pathway

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Natural killer T (NKT) lymphocytes are implicated in the early response to microbial infection. Further, sulfatide, a myelin self-glycosphingolipid, activates a type II NKT cell subset and can modulate disease in murine models. We examined the role of NKT cells and the effect of sulfatide treatment in a murine model of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. The lack of CD1d-restricted NKT cells did not alter survival...

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