Three-dimensional gradients of cytokine signaling between T cells

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Thurley, Kevin ^a,b,c   Gerecht, Daniel ^d   Friedmann, Elfriede ^d   Höfer, Thomas ^a,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNALING;

CYTOKINE SIGNALING; CYTOKINES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; GLOBAL SIGNALING; IMMUNE CELLS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; NANOMOLAR CONCENTRATION; NARROW JUNCTIONS; TARGET CELLS;

T-CELLS;

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84929492824     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004206     Document Type: Article

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