Imaging of cell-cell communication in a vertical orientation reveals high-resolution structure of immunological synapse and novel PD-1 dynamics

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1320-1330

  Jang, Joon Hee ^a,b   Huang, Yu ^b,c   Zheng, Peilin ^b   Chan Jo, Myeong ^a   Bertolet, Grant ^b   Zhu, Michael Xi ^c   Qin, Lidong ^a,d   Liu, Dongfang ^b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GRANULE; CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSE; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL CELL PAIRING SYSTEM; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEK293 CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

EID: 84937675831     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1403143     Document Type: Article

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