What is an immunological synapse?

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 438-445

  Rodríguez Fernández, José Luis ^a   Riol Blanco, Lorena ^a   Delgado Martín, Cristina ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; Cell cell contact; Dendritic cell; Immunological synapse; Lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CD70 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77952582650     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.03.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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