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. 2012 Sep 21;37(3):447-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.09.006.

Fat chance: not much against NKT cells

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Fat chance: not much against NKT cells

John R Lukens et al. Immunity. .
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Obesity-induced inflammation contributes to multiple metabolic diseases. In this issue of Immunity, Lynch et al. (2012) show that invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are enriched in adipose tissue and induce anti-inflammatory pathways to confer protection against obesity.

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