Distinct gene expression patterns correlate with developmental and functional traits of iNKT subsets

Abstract

A recent advance in invariant natural killer T cell (iNKT) cell biology is their classification into iNKT1, iNKT2 and iNKT17 subsets. Here the authors provide a transcriptomic analysis of these thymic subsets from Balb/c and C57Bl/6 mice that supports and extends the categorization.