Publications

Brennan PJ, Brigl M, Brenner MB. Invariant natural killer T cells: an innate activation scheme linked to diverse effector functions. Nat Rev Immunol. 2013;13(2):101-17. PubMed 

Tatituri RV, Watts GF, Bhowruth V, Barton N, Rothchild A, Hsu FF, Almeida CF, Cox LR, Eggeling L, Cardell S, Rossjohn J, Godfrey DI, Behar SM, Besra GS, Brenner MB, Brigl M. Recognition of microbial and mammalian phospholipid antigens by NKT cells with diverse TCRs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(5):1827-32. PubMed

Cohen NR, Brennan PJ, Shay T, Watts GF, Brigl M, Kang J, Brenner MB, ImmGen Project Consortium. Shared and distinct transcriptional programs underlie the hybrid nature of iNKT cells. Nat Immunol. 2013; 14(1):90-9. PubMed

Bedel R, Matsuda JL, Brigl M, White J, Kappler J, Marrack P, Gapin L. Lower TCR repertoire diversity in Traj18-deficient mice. Nat Immunol. 2012; 13(8):705-6. PubMed

Cohen NR, Tatituri RV, Rivera A, Watts GF, Kim EY, Chiba A, Fuchs BB, Mylonakis E, Besra GS, Levitz SM, Brigl M, Brenner MB. Innate Recognition of Cell Wall ß-Glucans Drives Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Responses against Fungi. Cell Host Microbe. 2011; 10(5):437-50. PubMed

Brennan PJ, Tatituri RV, Brigl M, Kim EY, Tuli A, Sanderson JP, Gadola SD, Hsu FF, Besra GS, Brenner MB. Invariant natural killer T cells recognize lipid self antigen induced by microbial danger signals. Nat Immunol. 2011; 12(12):1202-11. PubMed

Brigl M, Tatituri RV, Watts GF, Bhowruth V, Leadbetter EA, Barton N, Cohen NR, Hsu FF, Besra GS, Brenner MB. Innate and cytokine-driven signals, rather than microbial antigens, dominate in natural killer T cell activation during microbial infection. J Exp Med. 2011; 208(6):1163-77. PubMed

Brigl M, Brenner MB. How invariant natural killer T cells respond to infection by recognizing microbial or endogenous lipid antigens. Semin Immunol. 2010; 22(2):79-86. PubMed

Chiba A, Cohen N, Brigl M, Brennan PJ, Besra GS, Brenner MB. Rapid and reliable generation of invariant natural killer T-cell lines in vitro. Immunology. 2009; 128(3):324-33. PubMed

Blomqvist M, Rhost S, Teneberg S, Löfbom L, Osterbye T, Brigl M, Månsson JE, Cardell SL. Multiple tissue-specific isoforms of sulfatide activate CD1d-restricted type II NKT cells. Eur J Immunol. 2009; 39(7):1726-35. PubMed

Veerapen N, Brigl M, Garg S, Cerundolo V, Cox LR, Brenner MB, Besra GS. Synthesis and biological activity of alpha-galactosyl ceramide KRN7000 and galactosyl (alpha1–>2) galactosyl ceramide. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009; 19(15):4288-91. PubMed

Leadbetter EA, Brigl M, Illarionov P, Cohen N, Luteran MC, Pillai S, Besra GS, Brenner MB. NK T cells provide lipid antigen-specific cognate help for B cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008; 105(24):8339-44. PubMed

Kim PJ, Pai SY, Brigl M, Besra GS, Gumperz J, Ho IC. GATA-3 regulates the development and function of invariant NKT cells. J Immunol. 2006; 177(10):6650-9. PubMed

Brigl M, van den Elzen P, Chen X, Meyers JH, Wu D, Wong CH, Reddington F, Illarianov PA, Besra GS, Brenner MB, Gumperz JE. Conserved and heterogeneous lipid antigen specificities of CD1d-restricted NKT cell receptors. J Immunol. 2006; 176(6):3625-34. PubMed

Bry L, Brigl M, Brenner MB. CD4+-T-cell effector functions and costimulatory requirements essential for surviving mucosal infection with Citrobacter rodentium. Infect Immun. 2006; 74(1):673-81. PubMed

van den Elzen P, Garg S, León L, Brigl M, Leadbetter EA, Gumperz JE, Dascher CC, Cheng TY, Sacks FM, Illarionov PA, Besra GS, Kent SC, Moody DB, Brenner MB. Apolipoprotein-mediated pathways of lipid antigen presentation. Nature. 2005; 437(7060):906-10. PubMed

Hava DL, Brigl M, van den Elzen P, Zajonc DM, Wilson IA, Brenner MB. CD1 assembly and the formation of CD1-antigen complexes. Curr Opin Immunol. 2005; 17(1):88-94. PubMed

Brigl M, Brenner MB. CD1: antigen presentation and T cell function. Annu Rev Immunol. 2004; 22:817-90. PubMed

Brigl M, Bry L, Kent SC, Gumperz JE, Brenner MB. Mechanism of CD1d-restricted natural killer T cell activation during microbial infection. Nat Immunol. 2003; 4(12):1230-7. PubMed