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Title: Receptor signaling clusters in the immune synapse (in eng)

Journal Article · · Annual Review of Biophysics
 [1];  [2]
  1. New York Univ. School of Medicine, New York, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Signaling processes between various immune cells involve large-scale spatial reorganization of receptors and signaling molecules within the cell-cell junction. These structures, now collectively referred to as immune synapses, interleave physical and mechanical processes with the cascades of chemical reactions that constitute signal transduction systems. Molecular level clustering, spatial exclusion, and long-range directed transport are all emerging as key regulatory mechanisms. The study of these processes is drawing researchers from physical sciences to join the effort and represents a rapidly growing branch of biophysical chemistry. Furthermore, recent advances in physical and quantitative analyses of signaling within the immune synapses are reviewed here.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Physical Biosciences Division; USDOE
OSTI ID:
1363640
Report Number(s):
LBNL-1004332; ir:1004332
Journal Information:
Annual Review of Biophysics, Vol. 41, Issue 1; ISSN 1936-122X
Publisher:
Annual ReviewsCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
eng
Citation Metrics:
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