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. 2001 Mar 13;98(6):2950–2952. doi: 10.1073/pnas.061032398

Table 1.

Lipid antigens presented by CD1 molecules

Antigen T cell CD1 specificity
Microbial glycolipids
 Undefined microbial lipid αβ T cells CD1a
 Glucose monomycolate αβ T cells CD1b
 Lipoarabinomannan αβ T cells CD1b
 Phosphatidyl inositols αβ T cells CD1b
 Hexosyl-1-phosphoisoprenoids αβ T cells CD1c
Autologous glycolipids
 Undefined autologous αβ T cells CD1a
 Brain lipids/gangliosides/sulfatide αβ T cells CD1b
 Undefined autologous αβ and γδ T cells CD1c
 Undefined autologous NK (?) T cells* CD1d
Synthetic
 αGalCer NK T cells CD1d
*

Have diverse TCRs, may or may not express NK1.1. 

Mostly NK1.1-positive cells with an invariant TCR α-chain.