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Novel synthesis of α-galactosyl-ceramides and confirmation of their powerful NKT cell agonist activity
Lee, Adrianne,Farrand, Kathryn J.,Dickgreber, Nina,Hayman, Colin M.,Juers, Stefan,Hermans, Ian F.,Painter, Gavin F.
, p. 2785 - 2798 (2006)
α-Galactosyl-ceramide (1) has been identified as a powerful modulator of immunological processes through its capacity to bind CD1d molecules and specifically activate invariant natural killer (NK)-like T cells (iNKT cells). This paper describes the synthe