Oligosaccharides to Glycolipids

In contrast to the conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of the immune system that recognize specific peptide antigens bonnd to major histocompatibility complex class II or class I antigen presenting proteins, respectively (131-133), invariant natural killer T cells recognize glycolipid antigens presented by histocompatibility complex 

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