Natural Killer T cell (NKT-Cell)

Natural Killer T cell (NKT-Cell) are a distinct population of T lymphocytes that display features characteristic of NK cells and conventional T cells / T lymphocytes
Fowlkes et al. 1987 Nature 329: 251-254
Makino et al. 1995 Int Immunol 7: 1157-1161
Godfrey et al. 2010 Nat Immunol 11: 197-206

Natural Killer T cell (NKT-Cell) recognize nonpeptide ligands, including microbial lipid antigens that are presented by several MHC class I-like proteins.
Murphy et al. 2022 W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-68093-5

Mouse and human Natural Killer T cell (NKT-Cell) recognize glycosphingolipids
Kinjo et al. 2005 Nature 434: 520-525

NKT cells - antigen-specific recognition of glycolipids in the context of CD1 molecules
Brigl & Brenner 2004

see also:
Natural killer T like cells (NKT-like)