CD4 enhances T cell sensitivity to antigen by coordinating Lck accumulation at the immunological synapse

Nature Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 791-799

  Li, Qi Jing ^a   Dinner, Aaron R ^b,e   Qi, Shuyan ^b,c   Irvine, Darrell J ^a,f   Huppa, Johannes B ^a   Davis, Mark M ^a   Chakraborty, Arup K ^b,c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD4; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 4444298148     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1095     Document Type: Article

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