NK T cell activation

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
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Classification
1CLEC2B-KLRF1CLC2B_HUMAN - KLRF1_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Leptin

II. Literature review

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NameNK T cell activation
IDGO_0051132
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Biological process

Exact synonym

NK T lymphocyte activation, NK T-cell activation, NK T-lymphocyte activation, NKT cell activation, NT cell activation, natural T cell activation, natural killer T cell activation

Description

The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature natural killer T cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific.

Comment

Note that NK T cells are a distinct lineage of T cells expressing natural killer cell markers and having T cell receptors characterized by the usage of a restricted repertoire of variable region gene segments.

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