Effects of the geometry of the immunological synapse on the delivery of effector molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2215-2220

  Coombs, Daniel ^a   Goldstein, Byron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CALCULATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SYNAPSES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 16644394144     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.045674     Document Type: Article

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