The central role of the cytoskeleton in mechanisms and functions of the NK cell immune synapse

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-221

  Lagrue, Kathryn ^a,b   Carisey, Alex ^a   Oszmiana, Anna ^a   Kennedy, Philippa R ^a   Williamson, David J ^a   Cartwright, Adam ^a,b   Barthen, Charlotte ^a,b   Davis, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Cellular activation; Cytoskeleton; Immune synapse; Microtubules; Natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

CD18 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EZRIN; F ACTIN; GRANZYME; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KINDLIN; LATRUNCULIN A; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MESSENGER RNA; MOESIN; MYOSIN IIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; PERFORIN; RITUXIMAB; TALIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEDIAK HIGASHI SYNDROME; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOSKELETON; DAUGHTER CELL; ENDOSOME; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIPID RAFT; MICROTUBULE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PALMITOYLATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

ACTIN; CELLULAR ACTIVATION; CYTOSKELETON; IMMUNE SYNAPSE; MICROTUBULES; NATURAL KILLER CELL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; INTEGRINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885364301     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12107     Document Type: Article

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