Identification of a Potent Microbial Lipid Antigen for Diverse NKT Cells

Benjamin J Wolf; Raju VV Tatituri; Catarina F Almeida; Jerome Le Nours; Veemal Bhowruth; Darryl Johnson; Adam P Uldrich; Fong-Fu Hsu; Manfred Brigl; Gurdyal S Besra; Jamie Rossjohn; Dale I Godfrey; Michael B Brenner

Journal article

Identification of a Potent Microbial Lipid Antigen for Diverse NKT Cells

Benjamin J Wolf, Raju VV Tatituri, Catarina F Almeida, Jerome Le Nours, Veemal Bhowruth, Darryl Johnson, Adam P Uldrich, Fong-Fu Hsu, Manfred Brigl, Gurdyal S Besra, Jamie Rossjohn, Dale I Godfrey, Michael B Brenner

The Journal of Immunology | AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501019

University of Melbourne Researchers

Dale Godfrey Author Microbiology and Immunology

Catarina Dos Santos Sa E Almeida Author Microbiology and Immunology

Adam Uldrich Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Awarded by National Institutes of Health

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Awarded by Medical Research Council

Awarded by Washington University Mass Spectrometry Resource

Awarded by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia International PhD Programme from Ministerio da Educacao e Ciencia, Portugal

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellowship

Awarded by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants 5R01AI063428-09 and 5T32AR007530-30 (to the Brenner Laboratory), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Grants 1021972 and 1013667 (to the Godfrey Laboratory), and Australian Research Council Grant CE140100011. G.S.B. acknowledges support in the form of a Personal Research Chair from Mr. James Bardrick and the Medical Research Council (MR/K012118/1). F.-F.H. was supported by Washington University Mass Spectrometry Resource Grants P41-GM103422, P60-DK-20579, and P30-DK56341. M.B.B. was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants 5K08AI077795 and 1R21AI103616. C.F.A. was supported by Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia International PhD Programme SFRH/BD/74906/2010 from Ministerio da Educacao e Ciencia, Portugal. D.I.G. was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellowship 1020770. J.R. was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Fellowship, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and the Australian Research Council. A.P.U. was supported by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT140100278.