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NKT Cells Prevent Chronic Joint Inflammation after Infection with Borrelia Burgdorferi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008.  Mouse study that points to natural killer T cells (NKT) being necessary both to prevent arthritis inflammation and to eliminate Borrelia, and that attacking Borrelia inside the cells was more important than immune response in the blood. Includes charts, images.

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/50/19863.full