How the immune system talks to itself: The varied role of synapses

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-79

  Xie, Jianming ^a   Tato, Cristina M ^a   Davis, Mark M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central supramolecular activation cluster; Cytokines; Immunological synapse; Peptide major histocompatibility complex; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871431712     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12017     Document Type: Article

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