T cell activation

JE Smith-Garvin, GA Koretzky… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first Annual Review of Immunology article to
describe features of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR). In celebration of this anniversary, we …

[HTML][HTML] The ARP2/3 complex: an actin nucleator comes of age

ED Goley, MD Welch - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
The cellular functions of the actin cytoskeleton require precise regulation of both the
initiation of actin polymerization and the organization of the resulting filaments. The actin …

[HTML][HTML] Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

R Sims, SJ Van Der Lee, AC Naj, C Bellenguez… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We identified rare coding variants associated with Alzheimer's disease in a three-stage case–
control study of 85,133 subjects. In stage 1, we genotyped 34,174 samples using a whole …

Role of ion channels and transporters in cell migration

A Schwab, A Fabian, PJ Hanley… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Cell motility is central to tissue homeostasis in health and disease, and there is hardly any
cell in the body that is not motile at a given point in its life cycle. Important physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium signalling in lymphocyte activation and disease

S Feske - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Calcium signals in cells of the immune system participate in the regulation of cell
differentiation, gene transcription and effector functions. An increase in intracellular levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and control of the actin regulatory WAVE complex

Z Chen, D Borek, SB Padrick, TS Gomez, Z Metlagel… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Members of the Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family control
cytoskeletal dynamics by promoting actin filament nucleation with the Arp2/3 complex. The …

[HTML][HTML] The many faces of actin: matching assembly factors with cellular structures

ES Chhabra, HN Higgs - Nature cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
Actin filaments are major components of at least 15 distinct structures in metazoan cells.
These filaments assemble from a common pool of actin monomers, but do so at different …

A FAM21-containing WASH complex regulates retromer-dependent sorting

TS Gomez, DD Billadeau - Developmental cell, 2009 - cell.com
The Arp2/3 complex regulates endocytosis, sorting, and trafficking, yet the Arp2/3-stimulating
factors orchestrating these distinct events remain ill defined. WASH (Wiskott-Aldrich …

Functional anatomy of T cell activation and synapse formation

DR Fooksman, S Vardhana… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
T cell activation and function require a structured engagement of antigen-presenting cells.
These cell contacts are characterized by two distinct dynamics in vivo: transient contacts …

HEM1 deficiency disrupts mTORC2 and F-actin control in inherited immunodysregulatory disease

SA Cook, WA Comrie, MC Poli, M Similuk, AJ Oler… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Immunodeficiency often coincides with hyperactive immune disorders such as autoimmunity,
lymphoproliferation, or atopy, but this coincidence is rarely understood on a molecular level …