... manuscript. MTparticipated in frequency analysis of NKT cells. KB partici-pated in reactivity assays. PG provided clinical material. VS and JR critically revised the manuscript. PS coordinated ... 1998,188:1521-1528.6. Nieda M, Nicol A, Koezuka Y, Kikuchi A, Takahashi T, Nakamura H,Furukawa H, Yabe T, Ishikawa Y, Tadokoro K, et al.: Activation of human Valpha24NKT cells by alpha-glycosylceramide in a CD1d-restricted ... chemok-ines rapidly is thought to underlie their regulatory function in a variety of diseases, including cancer and autoimmunity [4].Although the natural ligand of NKT cells remains to be eluci-dated,...