Do mechanical forces contribute to nanoscale membrane organisation in T cells?

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1853, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 822-829

  Klotzsch, Enrico ^a   Stiegler, Johannes ^a   Ben Ishay, Eldad ^a   Gaus, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mechanobiology; Protein clustering; Signalling; Super resolution fluorescence microscopy; T cell receptor; Traction force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; NANOPARTICLE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; ART; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROPIPETTE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NANOPARTICLES; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84923206312     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.10.025     Document Type: Review

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