Altered signaling via the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) promotes an adipose-tissue-like phenotype in invariant natural killer cells (iNKT cells) during thymic development and causes selective enrichment for iNKT cells in adipose tissues.
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Mookerjee-Basu, J., Kappes, D. iNKT cells do a fat lot of good. Nat Immunol 18, 10–12 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3639
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