Receptor pre-clustering and T cell responses: Insights into molecular mechanisms

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Castro, Mario ^a   van Santen, Hisse M ^b,d   Férez, María ^b   Alarcón, Balbino ^b   Lythe, Grant ^c   Molina París, Carmen ^c  

^a Universidad Pontificia Comillas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clustering; Memory T cells; Naive T cells; Signaling; Stochastic dynamics; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84900850315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00132     Document Type: Article

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