Immunological Synapse

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Insights into Function of the Immunological Synapse from Studies with Supported Planar Bilayers....Pages 1-24
Immunological Synapses Within Context: Patterns of Cell–Cell Communication and Their Application in T–T Interactions....Pages 25-50
Molecular and Cellular Dynamics at the Early Stages of Antigen Encounter: The B-Cell Immunological Synapse....Pages 51-62
Inhibitory and Regulatory Immune Synapses....Pages 63-79
The Immunological Synapse, TCR Microclusters, and T Cell Activation....Pages 81-107
Signaling Amplification at the Immunological Synapse....Pages 109-122
Multiple Microclusters: Diverse Compartments Within the Immune Synapse....Pages 123-154
A Conformation-Induced Oligomerization Model for B cell Receptor Microclustering and Signaling....Pages 155-169
Co-Receptors and Recognition of Self at the Immunological Synapse....Pages 171-189
Vesicle Traffic to the Immunological Synapse: A Multifunctional Process Targeted by Lymphotropic Viruses....Pages 191-207
Plasticity of Immunological Synapses....Pages 209-228
APC, T Cells, and the Immune Synapse....Pages 229-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-255