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Examination of specimens from these subjects showed that NKT cells were virtually absent in the lungs of the healthy subjects and those with sarcoidosis, while at least two-thirds of the asthma patients' pulmonary T-cells were actually NKT cells, not conventional Th2 cells. Evidently, NKT cells create cytokines, just as T-cells do, but additionally induce asthma, whereas normal T-cells do not. Just how the NKT cells create asthma is still not clear, but this finding leads the way to developing new therapies that may cure asthma. This answered the question of "how do you try to fight the disease?" (Conger 1) Future investigations will examine whether therapies that target NKT cells will eliminate asthma. This study is believed by other reviewers to have been "elegant" and essential to on-going research. (Wood 1)

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"Cells Critical For Asthma Development Identified by Stanford Researchers; Study Suggests New Asthma Therapies." Stanford School of Medicine. Office of Communication and Public Affairs. Mar 2003. http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2003/march/asthma-cells.html.
Newton, Jamie. "A New View of Asthma's Cause: Previously Unrecognized Immune Cell May Provide a Better Target for Therapy. Children's Hospital Boston." Mar 2006 http://www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom/Site1339/mainpageS1339P1sublevel194.html.

Wood, Robert A. "Essential Role Of Natural Killer T Cells Producing Interleukin-4 And Interleukin-13 In The Development Of Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity." Pediatrics, Vol. 114 No. 2, Aug 2004. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/2/S1/528.

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Conger, Krista. "Cells Critical For Asthma Development Identified by Stanford Researchers; Study Suggests New Asthma Therapies." Stanford School of Medicine. Office of Communication and Public Affairs. Mar 2003. http://mednews.stanford.edu/releases/2003/march/asthma-cells.html.

Newton, Jamie. "A New View of Asthma's Cause: Previously Unrecognized Immune Cell May Provide a Better Target for Therapy. Children's Hospital Boston." Mar 2006 http://www.childrenshospital.org/newsroom/Site1339/mainpageS1339P1sublevel194.html.

Wood, Robert A. "Essential Role Of Natural Killer T Cells Producing Interleukin-4 And Interleukin-13 In The Development Of Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity." Pediatrics, Vol. 114 No. 2, Aug 2004. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/114/2/S1/528.


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