Mechanical Force in T Cell Receptor Signal Initiation
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Mechanical Force in T Cell Receptor Signal Initiation
lymph nodes, T lymphocytes (T cells) actively scan the surface of antigen presenting cells (APCs) for evidence of pathogen invasion. Proteins of pathogens taken up by APCs are processed to short peptides and presented on the cell surface with major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs). Specific binding between peptide-MHC complexes (pMHCs) on APCs and T cell receptors (TCRs) on T cells initiate ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Immunology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00217