What is an immunological synapse?

Microbes Infect. 2010 Jun;12(6):438-45. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.03.003. Epub 2010 Mar 12.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigen-Presenting Cells / immunology
  • Cell Communication / immunology
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / immunology
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunological Synapses / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Cytoskeletal Proteins