What is an immunological synapse?

Microbes Infect

Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Published: June 2010

Immunological synapses (IS) are emerging as highly organized 3D structures -formed by surface and cytoplasmic signalling and cytoskeletal molecules - that assemble at the zone of contact between a T cell and an antigen presenting cell (APC). The IS control functions that allow APC and T cells modulate the immune response.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2010.03.003DOI Listing

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