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  • Kawasaki, N., Vela, J. L., Nycholat, C. M., Rademacher, C., Khurana, A., van Rooijen, N., Crocker, P. R., Kronenberg, M., Paulson, J. C. Targeted delivery of lipid antigen to macrophages via the CD169/sialoadhesin endocytic pathway induces robust invariant natural killer T cell activation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2013 110:7826-7831  DOI:10.1073/pnas.1219888110  PMID:23610394  PMCID:PMC3651435
  • Kinjo, Y., Illarionov, P., Vela, J. L., Pei, B., Girardi, E., Li, X. M., Li, Y. L., Imamura, M., Kaneko, Y., Okawara, A., Miyazaki, Y., Gomez-Velasco, A., et al. Invariant natural killer t cells recognize glycolipids from pathogenic gram-positive bacteria Nature Immunology  2011 12:966-974  DOI:10.1038/ni.2096  PMID:21892173  PMCID:PMC3178673
  • Kinjo, Y., Pei, B., Bufali, S., Raju, R., Richardson, S. K., Imamura, M., Fujio, M., Wu, D., Khurana, A., Kawahara, K., Wong, C. H., Howell, A. R., et al. Natural sphingomonas glycolipids vary greatly in their ability to activate natural killer T cells Chemistry & Biology  2008 15:654-664  DOI:10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.05.012  PMID:18635002  PMCID:PMC2519143
  • Kinjo, Y., Tupin, E., Wu, D., Fujio, M., Garcia-Navarro, R., Benhnia, Mrei, Zajonc, D. M., Ben-Menachem, G., Ainge, G. D., Painter, G. F., Khurana, A., Hoebe, K., et al. Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria Nature Immunology  2006 7:978-986  DOI:10.1038/ni1380  PMID:16921381
  • Liu, Y., Goff, R. D., Zhou, D. P., Mattner, J., Sullivan, B. A., Khurana, A., Cantu, C., Ravkov, E. V., Lbegbu, C. C., Altman, J. D., Teyton, L., BendelaC, A., et al. A modified alpha-galactosyl ceramide for staining and stimulating natural killer T cells Journal of Immunological Methods  2006 312:34-39  DOI:10.1016/j.jim.2006.02.009  PMID:16647712