Gap junctions at the dendritic cell-T cell interface are key elements for antigen-dependent T cell activation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 277-284

  Elgueta, Raul ^a,e   Tobar, Jaime A ^b   Shoji, Kenji F ^b   De Calisto, Jaime ^a   Kalergis, Alexis M ^b   Bono, Maria R ^a,c   Rosemblatt, Mario ^a,c,d   Sáez, Juan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^e NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIBODY; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LUCIFER YELLOW; OLEAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAP JUNCTION; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GAP JUNCTIONS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 68949144930     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0801854     Document Type: Article

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