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Structural highlights

Function

[CD1A_HUMAN] Antigen-presenting protein that binds self and non-self lipid and glycolipid antigens and presents them to T-cell receptors on natural killer T-cells.^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Salamero J, Bausinger H, Mommaas AM, Lipsker D, Proamer F, Cazenave JP, Goud B, de la Salle H, Hanau D. CD1a molecules traffic through the early recycling endosomal pathway in human Langerhans cells. J Invest Dermatol. 2001 Mar;116(3):401-8. PMID:11231314 doi:1264
2. ↑ Vincent MS, Xiong X, Grant EP, Peng W, Brenner MB. CD1a-, b-, and c-restricted TCRs recognize both self and foreign antigens. J Immunol. 2005 Nov 15;175(10):6344-51. PMID:16272286
3. ↑ Sloma I, Zilber MT, Vasselon T, Setterblad N, Cavallari M, Mori L, De Libero G, Charron D, Mooney N, Gelin C. Regulation of CD1a surface expression and antigen presentation by invariant chain and lipid rafts. J Immunol. 2008 Jan 15;180(2):980-7. PMID:18178838