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Although the pathogenesis of HD has been associated with inflammatory responses, if and how the immune system contributes to the onset of HD is largely unknown. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a group of innate-like regulatory T lymphocytes that can rapidly produce various cytokines such as IFN<jats:italic>\u03b3<\/jats:italic> and IL4 upon stimulation with the glycolipid <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>-galactosylceramide (<jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>-GalCer). By employing both R6\/2 Tg mice (murine HD model) and J<jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>18 KO mice (deficient in iNKT cells), we investigated whether alterations of iNKT cells affect the development of HD in R6\/2 Tg mice. We found that J<jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>18 KO R6\/2 Tg mice showed disease progression comparable to R6\/2 Tg mice, indicating that the absence of iNKT cells did not have any significant effects on HD development. 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