Type I NK T cell
From BugSigDB
An alpha-beta T cell expressing NK cell markers that is CD1d restricted and expresses specific V-alpha chains. NK T cells of this type recognize the glycolipid alpha-galactosylceramide in the context of CD1d.
- Aliases
- classical NK T cell
- invariant NK T cell
- type I NK T lymphocyte
- type I NK T-cell
- type I NK T-lymphocyte
- type I NKT cell
