Published: Vol 3, Iss 6, Mar 20, 2013 DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.418 Views: 22881
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Abstract
Natural killer T (NKT) cells comprise an important immunoregulatory T cell subset and express cell surface proteins characteristic of both natural killer cells and T cells. Invariant NKT (iNKT) cells are activated by lipid antigen presented in the context of CD1d molecules, in contrast to classic T cell subsets which recognize peptide antigens presented by MHC molecules. Following activation, iNKT cells rapidly secrete large amounts of cytokines and can lyse tumor cells and virally infected cells; however, iNKT cells are reduced in patients with autoimmune disease and cancer. The potential to characterize and investigate the prospective use of iNKT cells for therapeutic purposes has significantly increased with the ability to stimulate and expand human iNKT cells. In this protocol, we describe a method to generate and propagate primary human iNKT cells. Specifically, primary iNKT cells were isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and then expanded periodically with irradiated α-GalCer loaded autologous immature dendritic cells (DC) in the presence of human IL-2.
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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute Grants K01 CA131487, R21 CA162273, and R21 CA162277 to T.J. Webb, NIH AI 70258 to M. Tsuji, the NIH AI 44129, CA 108835, and P01 AI072677 to J.P. Schneck. The method was published in Webb et al. (2012) and it is an adaptation of the methods used by Exley et al. (1997), Harada et al. (2005) and Shiratsuchi et al. (2009).
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Li, X., Tsuji, M., Schneck, J. and Webb, T. J. (2013). Generation of Human iNKT Cell Lines. Bio-protocol 3(6): e418. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.418.
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Immunology > Immune cell isolation > Maintenance and differentiation
Cell Biology > Cell isolation and culture > Cell isolation
Immunology > Immune cell isolation > Lymphocyte
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