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type II NK T cell

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An alpha-beta T cell expressing NK call markers that is CD1d restricted and expresses a diverse TCR repertoire. Type II NKT cells do not become activated by alpha-galactosylceramide when presented by CD1d. [ GOC:tfm GOC:pam GOC:add http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15039760 ]

Synonyms: type II NK T-cell, type II NK T-lymphocyte, type II NKT cell, type II NK T lymphocyte