Tuning immune responses: Diversity and adaptation of the immunological synapse

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 532-545

  Friedl, Peter ^a   Den Boer, Annemieke Th ^a   Gunzer, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 21844440052     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri1647     Document Type: Review

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