Pigs lacking Natural Killer T cells have altered cellular responses to influenza
Taeyong Kwon, Weihong Gu, Igor Morozov, Mariano Carossino, Eu‐Lim Lyoo, Chester D. McDowell, Yonghai Li, Udeni B. R. Balasuriya, Yi Fei Huang, Darling Melany De Carvahlo Madrid, Kiho Lee, Jüergen A. Richt, John P. Driver
This study shows that pigs lacking NKT cells have altered immune responses to influenza, with increased T cell expansion and B cell clone numbers after infection.
PLoS Pathogens · Apr 6, 2026Peer-reviewedImmunology