Evolving immune circuits are generated by flexible, motile, and sequential immunological synapses

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-96

  Gérard, Audrey ^a   Beemiller, Peter ^a   Friedman, Rachel S ^a,b   Jacobelli, Jordan ^a,b   Krummel, Matthew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune circuit; Immunological synapse; Motility

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BASOPHIL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CONTACT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STOICHIOMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CYTOKINESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871428013     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12021     Document Type: Article

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