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ReviewNature immunology2000

The immunological synapse and the actin cytoskeleton: molecular hardware for T cell signaling.

M L Dustin, J A Cooper

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Review in Nature immunology, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 214 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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214citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

214 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Genome-wide meta-analysis reveals shared newAnnals of the rheumatic diseases · 2019
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  9. Alterations of actin in aging.Journal of cell science · 2026
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  10. The Impact of Zinc on T Cell Motility and the Immunological Synapse.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  14. Morphological remodeling of canine lymphocytes in Ehrlichia canis infection: quantitative analysis by scanning electron microscopy and fractal dimension.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2026
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  18. Form and function of actin impacts actin health and aging.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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154 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

M L DustinDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63110, USA. dustin@immunology.wustl.edu
J A Cooper

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms in Actin Assembly &Cell MotilityR01GM038542 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COOPER, JOHN A · 1989 to 2013
$7.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The actin cytoskeleton seems to play two critical roles in the activation of T cells. One of these roles is T cell shape development and movement, including formation of the immunological synapse. The other is the formation of a scaffold for signaling components. This review focuses on the recent convergence of cell biology and immunology studies to explain the role of the actin cytoskeleton in creating the molecular basis for immunological synapse formation and T cell signaling.

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsCell CommunicationCytoskeletonHumansSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesActins

Identifiers

PMID10881170

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