Acknowledgements

The authors thank Silke Rehbein, Cathleen Klement, and Stefanie Knöfel for excellent technical assistance in the laboratory. For exceptional care of animals and support during the trials, we thank the animal caretakers Thomas Möritz, Steffen Brenz, Harald Manthei, and Frank Klipp. Furthermore, we thank Christian Loth for outstanding autopsy assistance. We are grateful to the NIH Tetramer Core Facility for providing the mCD1d tetramer.