Actin cytoskeleton remodeling at the cancer cell side of the immunological synapse: good, bad, or both? [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Cytotoxic lymphocytes (CLs), specifically cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells, are indispensable guardians of the immune system and orchestrate the recognition and elimination of cancer cells. Upon encountering a cancer cell, CLs establish a
Elena Ockfen +6 more
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isMap – immunological synapse map analysis program [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyT cell activation is initiated when T cells recognize their cognate antigen on the surface of antigen presenting cells (APCs). This triggers formation of a specialized membrane interface termed the immunological synapse (IS) which governs the spatial ...
Amanda Holstad Singleton +12 more
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RBL-2H3 Mast Cell Receptor Dynamics in the Immunological Synapse [PDF]
Biophysica, 2022 The RBL-2H3 mast cell immunological synapse dynamics is often simulated with reaction–diffusion and Fokker–Planck equations. The equations focus on how the cell synapse captures receptors following an immune response, where the receptor capture at the ...
Ming Chih Tsai, Kathrin Spendier
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LFA-1 Activation in T-Cell Migration and Immunological Synapse Formation [PDF]
Cells, 2023 Integrin LFA-1 plays a critical role in T-cell migration and in the formation of immunological synapses. LFA-1 functions through interacting with its ligands with differing affinities: low, intermediate, and high.
Huiping Shi, Bojing Shao
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Explainable machine learning for profiling the immunological synapse and functional characterization of therapeutic antibodies [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Therapeutic antibodies are widely used to treat severe diseases. Most of them alter immune cells and act within the immunological synapse; an essential cell-to-cell interaction to direct the humoral immune response.
Sayedali Shetab Boushehri +8 more
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Zap70 Regulates TCR-Mediated Zip6 Activation at the Immunological Synapse [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 The essential microelement zinc plays immunoregulatory roles via its ability to influence signaling pathways. Zinc deficiency impairs overall immune function and resultantly increases susceptibility to infection.
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CD99-mediated immunological synapse formation potentiates CAR-T cell function [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsDespite the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells in selected hematological malignancies, further improvement on CAR-T designs is still desirable.
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CD28 and chemokine receptors: Signalling amplifiers at the immunological synapse [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 T cells are master regulators of the immune response tuning, among others, B cells, macrophages and NK cells. To exert their functions requiring high sensibility and specificity, T cells need to integrate different stimuli from the surrounding ...
Barbara Molon +5 more
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A Ciliary View of the Immunological Synapse [PDF]
Cells, 2019 The primary cilium has gone from being a vestigial organelle to a crucial signaling hub of growing interest given the association between a group of human disorders, collectively known as ciliopathies, and defects in its structure or function.
Chiara Cassioli, Cosima T. Baldari
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T cell stiffness is enhanced upon formation of immunological synapse [PDF]
eLife, 2021 T cells are activated by target cells via an intimate contact, termed immunological synapse (IS). Cellular mechanical properties, especially stiffness, are essential to regulate cell functions.
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