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However, the iNKT cell ligands have had limited efficacy in human antitumor clinical trials, mostly due to the profound differences in the properties and compositions of iNKT cells between the two species, including the presence of a CD8+ subset of iNKT cells only in humans. To build reliable in vivo models for studying human iNKT cells, we recently developed the first humanized mouse model (hCD1d-KI) with human CD1d knocked in. To further humanize the mouse model, we now introduced the human invariant NKT TCR\u03b1-chain (V\u03b124J\u03b118) into the hCD1d-knockin mice. Similar to humans, this humanized mouse model developed a subset of CD8\u03b1\u03b2+ iNKT cells among other human-like iNKT subsets. The presence of the CD8\u03b1\u03b2+ iNKT cells in the thymus suggests that these cells developed in the thymus. 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